Patent ID: 7727524

Claim:
A liquid seasoning comprising the following components (A) to (D): (A) sodium, the sodium being present in an amount of 3.55% by weight or less based on a total weight of the liquid seasoning; (B) potassium in an amount of from 0.5% to 4.2% by weight based on the total weight of the liquid seasoning; (C) (i) from 1% to 3% by weight of aspartic acid and (ii) from 1.3% to 2% by weight of glutamic acid, each based on the total weight of the liquid seasoning; and (D) from 0.05% to 10% by weight of a peptide having an angiotensin conversion inhibitory activity selected from the group consisting of a milk peptide, a peptide derived from cereal, and a peptide derived from fish, wherein said peptide derived from cereal has a molecular weight between 200 Da and 4,000 Da and is obtained by treating a corn protein, soybean protein, or wheat protein with a protease, and wherein said peptide derived from fish has a molecular weight between 200 Da and 10,000 Da and is obtained by treating mackerel, oceanic bonito, tuna, or saury with a protease; and wherein a weight ratio of the aspartic acid to potassium in the liquid seasoning is 0.25 or greater.