Flavor enhancer
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Flavor enhancers are commonly added to commercially produced food products (eg. frozen dinners, instant soups, snackfoods) to make them taste more 'savory'.
The commonly used flavor enhancers are: Australian
- 621 monosodium glutamate, MSG
- 622 monopotassium glutamate
- 623 calcium diglutamate
- 624 monoammonium glutamate
- 625 magnesium diglutamate
European
- E620 Glutamic acid [Flavor enhancer] [possible reaction] [possibly GM]
- E621 Monosodium glutamate [Flavor enhancer] [possible reaction] [LGM]
- E622 Monopotassium glutamate [Flavor enhancer] [possible reaction] [possibly GM]
- E623 Calcium diglutamate [Flavor enhancer] [possible reaction] [possibly GM]
- E624 Monoammonium glutamate [Flavor enhancer] [possible reaction] [possibly GM]
- E625 Magnesium diglutamate [Flavor enhancer] [possible reaction] [possibly GM]
- E626 Guanylic acid [Flavor enhancer]
- E627 Disodium guanylate, sodium guanylate [Flavor enhancer]
- E628 Dipotassium guanylate [Flavor enhancer]
- E629 Calcium guanylate [Flavor enhancer]
- E630 Inosinic acid [Flavor enhancer]
- E631 Disodium inosinate [Flavor enhancer] [possibly of AO]
- E632 Dipotassium inosinate [Flavor enhancer]
- E633 Calcium inosinate [Flavor enhancer]
- E634 Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides [Flavor enhancer]
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides [Flavor enhancer] [possibly of AO]
- E636 Maltol [Flavor enhancer]
- E637 Ethyl maltol [Flavor enhancer]
- E640 Glycine and its sodium salt [Flavor enhancer] [possibly of AO]
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Flavour enhancer" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavour_enhancer December 31, 2003
