Savoury seasoning composition

A particulate, savoury seasoning composition comprising:

• a) 1-80 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of an edible salt selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride and combinations thereof;
• b) 1-30 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of savoury taste giving ingredients selected from glutamate, 5′-ribonucleotides, sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactic acid, citric acid and combinations thereof;
• c) up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of water;
• and
• d) 1-30 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of particles of puffed maize endosperm, wherein upon sieving at least 80 wt. % of said particles of maize endosperm passes a sieve with apertures of 1500 μm,
• e) 1-20 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of oil
• wherein the sum of a) and b) is at least 20 wt. %, of the total weight of the composition.