摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an agent for improving quality of taste of alcoholic beverage, capable of moderating feelings characteristic of the alcoholic beverage, especially, a bitter taste caused by alcohol, such a stimulus as the tongue is pierced, and such a hot feeling as the throat is flashingly burnt, and capable of improving its quality of taste regardless of kind of the alcoholic beverage without decreasing concentration of the alcohol, and to provide the alcoholic beverage which contains this agent. SOLUTION: The agent for improving the quality of taste of the alcoholic beverage contains an extract of yeast as an active ingredient, wherein the extract of yeast contains sodium 5'-inosinate, sodium 5'-guanylate, sodium 5'- uridylate, and sodium 5'-cytidylate in an amount of 1-15%, respectively, and further contains sodium glutamate in an amount of 1-20%. The agent is added to the alcoholic beverage in an amount of 0.00001-0.1 wt.%.</p> |