Taste-improving agent

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9795161
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14345694

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Provided is a taste-improving agent that suppresses the unpleasant taste of potassium, such as harshness, irritativeness, and bitterness without reducing the salty taste of a potassium-containing food or drink. The taste-improving agent for a potassium-containing food or drink comprises a lactic acid-fermented yeast extract that is obtainable by fermenting a yeast extract with a lactic acid bacterium and contains 7.5 (w/w) % or more of lactic acid relative to the solid content of the yeast extract.

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KIKKOMAN CORPORATION250 NODA NODA-SHI CHIBA 2788601 ?2788601

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Endo, Yoshikazu Chiba, JP 15 100
Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Saitama, JP 57 251
Nakahara, Takeharu Chiba, JP 14 18
Watanabe, Takehiko Saitama, JP 19 137

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