PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a whey mineral composition with which saltiness and bitterness are not felt even if being largely added to a food or drink product and capable of imparting a well-balanced full-bodied natural milk flavor, and a method for imparting a milk feeling to a food or ding product capable of imparting a balanced full-bodied natural milk flavor to a food or drink product.SOLUTION: Provided is a whey mineral composition at least containing a whey mineral and satisfying all the following (1) to (4), and also provided is a method for imparting the milk flavor of a food or drink product where the whey mineral composition is added: (1) the condition where the content of sodium in the solid content is 1.0 to 8.0 mass% (2) the condition where the content of potassium in the solid content is 4.5 to 18 mass% (3) the condition where the content of calcium in the solid content is 7.5 to 30 mass% and (4) the condition where the content of magnesium in the solid content is 1.0 to 5.5 mass%.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】飲食品に多量に添加しても塩味や苦みを感じることなく、バランスのとれたコクのある自然な乳風味を付与することのできる乳清ミネラル組成物、及び、バランスのとれたコクのある自然な乳風味を飲食品に付与することができる、飲食品の乳風味付与方法を提供すること。【解決手段】乳清ミネラルを少なくとも含む乳清ミネラル組成物であって、下記の(1)~(4)をすべて満たす乳清ミネラル組成物、及び、該乳清ミネラル組成物を添加する、飲食品の乳風味付与方法。(1)固形分中のナトリウム含量が1.0~8.0質量%である。(2)固形分中のカリウム含量が4.5~18質量%である。(3)固形分中のカルシウム含量が7.5~30質量%である。(4)固形分中のマグネシウム含量が1.0~5.5質量%である。【選択図】なし
