申请人:——
公开号:US20030099760A1
公开(公告)日:2003-05-29
Taste-improving agents which are basic neutral salts of citric acid and a basic amino acid reacting with citric acid to yield an essentially tasteless salt and preferably selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine and ornithine. These basic neutral salts are tasteless in themselves but have the capability of when associated in small amounts with any of a broad variety of foods of modifying the taste characteristics of food in enhancing saltiness, reducing bitterness and ofttimes reducing sourness, increasing sweetness or the sensation of sweetness, increasing Umami and improving neutral salt taste. They are free of sodium and hence especially suitable for sodium-restricted diets by elevating the perception of saltiness in a sodium-free manner and without increasing bitterness. They can also be combined with pharmaceuticals or drugs intended for oral administration to counteract an unpleasant taste.
增味剂是柠檬酸和一种碱性氨基酸的碱性中性盐,与柠檬酸反应生成一种基本无味的盐,最好选自精氨酸、赖氨酸和鸟氨酸组成的组。这些碱性中性盐本身是无味的,但在与各种食品少量混合时,能改变食品的口味特征,如增加咸味、减少苦味、有时减少酸味、增加甜味或甜味的感觉、增加 "倭 "味和改善中性盐味。它们不含钠,因此特别适用于限钠饮食,能在不增加苦味的情况下提高咸味感。它们还可以与药物或口服药物结合使用,以消除不愉快的味道。