Present invention relate to the discovery that specific non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compound and amide derivatives, such as oxalamide, urea and acrylamide, it is the useful taste or taste modulator with what food, beverage and other food or oral drug or composition, such as flavoring agent or flavoring agent and fragrance or flavour reinforcers, more specifically fragrance (" delicate flavour " taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste regulator, fragrance or sweet flavourings and fragrance or sweet flavor reinforcing agent.本發明涉及如下發現：特定的非天然存在的、非肽的酰胺化合物和酰胺衍生物，如乙二酰胺、脲和丙烯酰胺，是用於食物、飲料和其它食品或口服藥品或組合物的有用的味道或味覺調節劑，如調味劑或增味劑和香味或味道增強劑，更具體地爲香味（谷氨酸單鈉的“鮮味”味道）或甜味味覺調節劑、香味或甜味調味劑和香味或甜味味道增強劑。
