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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Nobuyasu Matsumura, Ibaraki, JP;
Hisatoshi Shimokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyasu Matsumura, Ibaraki, JP;
Hisatoshi Shimokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a seasoning serving as an alternative to hydrolyzed animal proteins. The present invention provides a seasoning composition comprising free proline in an amount of 8.0% or more of the free amino acid composition, wherein the seasoning composition is not derived from collagen or gelatin; a seasoning composition comprising free proline in an amount of 6.0% or more of the free amino acid composition and free glycine in an amount of 5.0% or more of the free amino acid composition, wherein the seasoning composition is not derived from collagen or gelatin; a yeast extract comprising free proline in an amount of 8.0% or more of the free amino acid composition; and a seasoning composition comprising a yeast extract, wherein the seasoning composition comprises free proline in an amount of 6.0% or more of the free amino acid composition and free glycine in an amount of 5.0% or more of the free amino acid composition, etc. The present invention also provides a yeast strain for use in preparing such a seasoning composition and such a yeast extract.