Taste improving agent for food and beverage containing potassium chloride, process for producing food and beverage containing potassium chloride and food and beverage containing potassium chloride pro

Abstract

A taste improving agent for food and beverage containing potassium chloride that can effectively relieve unpleasant tastes, such as bitter taste and harsh taste, attributed to potassium chloride without detriment to the flavor of the food and beverage; a process for producing a food and beverage containing potassium chloride of high palatability having the bitter taste and harsh taste of potassium chloride suppressed; and a food and beverage containing potassium chloride produced by the production process. Use is made of a taste improving agent comprising a basic amino acid and / or a basic peptide as an active ingredient. It is preferred that the basic amino acid be at least one member selected from among histidine, arginine and lysine and the basic peptide at least one member selected from among anserine, carnosine and balenine. This taste improving agent is added to a food and beverage containing potassium chloride, thereby obtaining a food and beverage containing potassium chloride with improved taste.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a taste-improving agent for foods and beverages containing potassium chloride, which can effectively relieve unpleasant tastes such as bitterness and astringency caused by potassium chloride without affecting the taste of foods and beverages Taste is adversely affected; A method of producing food and beverages containing potassium chloride, wherein the food and beverages are good in palatability, and the bitterness and astringency of potassium chloride are suppressed; and obtained foods and beverages containing potassium chloride. Background technique [0002] Salt is widely used in food preservation or as a seasoning, etc., but excessive salt intake is known to lead to degenerative diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. In recent years, foods and beverages processed to reduce salt have been demanded from the viewpoint of health. [0003] So-called salt-reduced foods and beverages obtained by ...

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Problems solved by technology

However, potassium chloride has unpleasant tastes such as bitterness and astringency, and salt-reduced soy sauce with a satisfactory taste cannot be produced