The use of a compound according to formula (I) or the edible salts thereof in an edible composition to mask or modulate an undesired taste or off-taste contained in the edible composition
wherein
R
1
is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R
1
together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and NR
2
R
3
, in which R
3
is H or together with R
2
and the N-atom to which they are attached, a 5-membered ring, is a residue of an amino acid, in particular a proteinogenic amino acid, ornithine, gamma-aminobutyric acid or beta alanine, or a 1-amino cycloalkyl carboxylic acid.
根据公式(I)或其可食用盐在可食用组合物中的使用,以掩盖或调节可食用组合物中所含的不良味道或异味,其中R1是含6至20个碳原子的烷基残基,或含有1至6个双键的9至25个碳原子的烯烃残基,R1与其附着的羰基基团一起是
羧酸的残基,而NR2R3中,R3为H或与R2和它们所附着的N原子一起,形成一个5元环,是
氨基酸的残基,特别是蛋白质原
氨基酸、
鸟氨酸、γ-
氨基
丁酸或
β-丙氨酸,或1-
氨基环烷基
羧酸的残基。