摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain a common salt substitute having low sodium ion content, having salty taste equivalent or above to common salt and free from bitter taste, astringent taste, bad odor, etc., by jointly using a specific seaweed mineral and an acid and/or salt thereof. CONSTITUTION:A algae such as seaweed or Eisenia bicyclis is burned and subjected to ashing so as to keep hunter white to <=30 and extracted with water at pH 5-14 and concentrated and dried to afford give algae mineral. Then the algae mineral is blended with acids for food additives and/or salts thereof and as necessary further blended with one kind or two or more kinds of compounds selected from potassium chloride, protein-related compound, nucleic acid related compound and sugars and preferably ratio (Na/K) of sodium and potassium contained therein is controlled to 0.3-2.0. |