PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide reduced-salt food and drink which are reduced in salt content by adding a salty taste enhancer to food and drink reduced in salt to enhance salty taste. SOLUTION: In the salty taste enhancement method and salt reducing method for salt-containing food and drink, a salty taste enhancer mainly including phenylpropionic acid 2-1,500 ppb, particularly preferably, 20-200 ppb as a salty taste enhancing component is added to salt-containing food and drink with reduced salt, for example, a 20% reduced-salt noodle source, whereby the amount of salt used can be reduced without impairing palatability of food and drink or original flavor balance of salt-containing food and drink and without unpleasant taste such as stringent taste, bitter taste, sweet taste or pungent taste. The methods can be used also for seasoning or cooking. Further, the method can be applied to various types of food and drink from the viewpoint of taste property, effect, economic efficiency, safety and the like in addition to salty taste enhancement effect. COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT
