Umami flavour as a means of regulating food intake and improving nutrition and hea0lth

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-75

  Mouritsen, Ole G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

5 ribonucleotides; fat; flavour; food additive; glutamate; MSG; palatability; salt; sugar; synergy; taste receptor; umami

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SALT INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

APPETITE REGULATION; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 84864519000     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0260106012445537     Document Type: Article

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