Food or drink with enhanced salty taste and/or umami and manufacturing method therefor, salty taste and/or umami-enhancing composition for food or drink, and method for enhancing salty taste and/or umami of food or drink
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a food or drink with amply enhanced salty taste and/or umami and a manufacturing method therefor. A method for manufacturing a food or drink with enhanced salty taste and/or umami, the method comprising a process for adding chitosan, glucosamine, or a salt thereof (first component) or at least one kind of chitosan-related compound selected from chitin oligosaccharides, chitosan oligosaccharides, and N-acetyl glucosamine, or a salt thereof (second component) to the food or drink so as to give a specified concentration.本發明目的為提供一種充分增強鹽味及/或鮮甜味的飲食品、及其製造方法。本發明為一種增強鹽味及/或鮮甜味的飲食品之製造方法,其係包含將幾丁聚糖、葡萄糖胺、或該等的鹽(第1成分)、或由幾丁質寡糖、幾丁聚寡糖、N-乙醯基葡萄糖胺所選出之至少一種幾丁聚糖類緣化合物或其鹽(第2成分)以成為特定濃度的方式添加至飲食品之步驟。