Savoury liquid concentrate

A savoury, liquid concentrate comprising:

• i) at least 45 wt. % water, by weight of total composition;
• ii) 10-40 wt. %, by weight of total composition, of an edible salt selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride and combinations thereof;
• iii) 0.1-40 wt. %, by weight of total composition, of savoury taste giving ingredients selected from glutamate, 5′-ribonucleotides, sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactic acid, citric acid and combinations thereof;
• iv) 2-5 wt. %, by weight of water, gelatinized legume starch,
• wherein the concentrate comprises less than 0.2 wt. % xanthan gum, based on total weight of composition, and wherein the ratio of gelatinized starch:total starch content is at least 0.5, and wherein the concentrate has a viscosity of less than 2 Pa·s measured at a shear rate of 30/s at 25° C.