Salty taste enhancer for food/beverage
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsTakumi FUNAMIZU, Ryo MATSUMOTO
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Abstract
The present invention provides an enhancer of a salty taste of a food or beverage, that is consumed in a state under electrical stimulation, at the time of consuming the food or beverage, the enhancer containing a hydroxyl group-containing amino acid or basic amino acid, or a salt thereof, a food or beverage containing a hydroxyl group-containing amino acid or basic amino acid, or a salt thereof, which is consumed in a state under electrical stimulation, and the like.
Claims20
A food or beverage comprising L-serine or a salt thereof, which is consumed in a state under electrical stimulation.
A method for producing a food or beverage that is consumed in a state under electrical stimulation, comprising a step of adding a hydroxyl group-containing amino acid or basic amino acid, or a salt thereof.
A method for enhancing a salty taste of a food or beverage, that is consumed in a state under electrical stimulation, at the time of consuming the food or beverage, the method comprising adding a hydroxyl group-containing amino acid or basic amino acid, or a salt thereof to the food or beverage.
A method for enhancing a salty taste of a food or beverage at the time of consuming the food or beverage, comprising adding a hydroxyl group-containing amino acid or basic amino acid, or a salt thereof to the food or beverage, and applying, at the time of consuming the food or beverage, electrical stimulation to a person consuming the food or beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.