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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2002
Susumu Saito, Saiki, JP;
Hiroko Araki, Saiki, JP;
Nobuhiro Uchimura, Saiki, JP;
Osamu Shinhashi, Nagareyama, JP;
Yuuki Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Aoyagi, Mitaka, JP;
Susumu Saito, Saiki, JP;
Hiroko Araki, Saiki, JP;
Nobuhiro Uchimura, Saiki, JP;
Osamu Shinhashi, Nagareyama, JP;
Yuuki Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Aoyagi, Mitaka, JP;
Kohjin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Sweetness improving agents capable of improving sweetness characteristics, in particular, aftertaste characteristics. More particularly, the sweetness improving agents contain as the active ingredient a yeast extract, in particular, one containing sodium 5'-inosinate and/or sodium 5′-adenylate, sodium 5′-guanylate; sodium 5′-uridylate and sodium 5′-cytidylate, each in an amount of 1 to 15% based on the weight of the yeast extract, and 1 to 20% of sodium glutamate.