| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an agent for reducing or removing the bitterness of a sweetener with a high sweetness such as aspartame, stevia, Glycyrrhiza glabra L.var. glandulifera Regel et Herder, thaumatin, saccharin or sodium saccharinate and to provide a method for reducing or removing the bitterness using the agent for reducing or removing the bitterness. SOLUTION: The bitterness of a sweetener with a high sweetness is reduced or removed by using an amino acid selected from L-asparagine, DL- or L- methionine, L-tyrosine, L-serine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamine, DL- or L-alanine, L-leucine or L-proline at a concentration within the range of 0.001-10,000 mg/100 g expressed in terms of an individual amino acid unit. |
