摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an umami-taste imparting agent containing a compound having an umami taste that is not a conventional well-known (poly)peptide type, and is a low molecular weight organic compound, and whose chemical structure is not known so far.SOLUTION: Provided is an umami-taste imparting agent containing a low molecular weight organic compound including two amide bonds within a molecule, and in which, to the carbon atom to which the two amides are bonding, a cyclic group such as an aryl ring is directly, or via a bond group, pendant bonded.SELECTED DRAWING: None |