METHOD TO REDUCE SODIUM CONTENT IN PROCESSED FOODS USING NATURALLY BREWED SOY SAUCE AND OTHER FLAVOR ENHANCERS AND RESULTING REDUCED-SODIUM FOOD PRODUCT

• Main Authors: RANKIN SCOTT A, GOVINDASAMY-LUCEY RANI, JAEGGI JOHN J, SINDELAR JEFFREY JOSEPH, SATO TAKUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.10.2013
• Subjects: BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MAKING THEREOF; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS

Described is a method of making a reduced-sodium food product and the resulting food product itself. In the method, a corresponding full-sodium food product is designated as containing 100% sodium from NaCl. The method includes the steps of preparing a food product using no more than about 50 wt % NaCl from flake salt as compared to the corresponding full-sodium food product and up to 45 wt % NaCl provided from soy sauce or natural flavor enhancer as compared to the corresponding full-sodium food product. The result is a reduced-sodium food product that is at least 5 wt % reduced in NaCl as compared to the full-sodium food product.