SWEETNESS IMPROVING AGENTS AND FOODS WITH THE USE THEREOF

摘要

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.