Kokumi-imparting agent

• Main Authors: AMINO YUSUKE, MIYAMURA NAOHIRO, YASUDA REIKO, KANEKO MEGUMI, MIYAKI TAKASHI, TAJIMA TAKAHO, ETO YUZURU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.09.2013
• Subjects: BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; BUTCHERING; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; COFFEE; EDIBLE DOUGHS; EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS, COOKINGOILS; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; MEAT TREATMENT; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TEA; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS

A substance capable of imparting a kokumi having CaSR agonist activity is described. This substance is able to impart kokumi in a superior manner, in particular, at the initial taste, and is also highly stable and can easily be produced at a low cost. The present invention thus provides a kokumi-imparting composition which includes such a substance as well as a complex kokumi-imparting composition which includes the substance and other substances possessing the CaSR agonist activities in combination. More particularly, the present invention herein provides a kokumi-imparting composition including gamma-Glu-Nva (L-gamma-glutamyl-L-norvaline), and a complex kokumi-imparting composition including the foregoing substance and another substance having a CaSR agonist activity, in combination.