Patent ID: 7510738
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: A23J,A23L,A23V

Abstract:
1. A flavor-enhancing food additive, consisting essentially of a first fermented anchovy product blended with a second fermented anchovy product, wherein the first fermented anchovy product is made from fish of Southeast Asian origin, comprises at least 0.8% glutamate, and is between about 15 and about 48 degrees nitrogen, and the second fermented anchovy product is made from fish originating from at least one of the group consisting of Spain, Morocco, Argentina, Chile, and Peru and comprises at least 0.30% IMP and at least 0.005% GMP, and the flavor-enhancing food additive exhibits a greater umami expression than either the first fermented anchovy product or the second fermented anchovy product.