Process of preserving food and food preservative
AssigneeF.G.A. Laboratories Flavourence Corporation
InventorsKazuko Yamada, Keiko Saito
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Abstract
A process of preserving food which includes adding serine, especially L-serine, to food. According to the present invention, provided is a convenient process of preserving food for a long term by adding serine to food, in particular by performing a heat treatment after the addition of serine to food. Since serine is one kind of amino acids, it does not deteriorate quality of food itself and can preserve food safely.
Claims17
A process of preserving food comprising:
- adding to food a preservably effective amount of serine, and one compound selected from the group consisting of protamine, lysozyme, ε-polylysine, ethanol, and sodium thiamine dilaurylsulfate.
A food preservative comprising serine as an active ingredient and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of protamine, lysozyme, ε-polylysine, ethanol, and sodium thiamine dilaurylsulfate.
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