TASTE IMPROVING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE-CONTAINING FOOD AND DRINK, METHOD FOR IMPROVING TASTE OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE-CONTAINING FOOD AND DRINK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POTASSIUM CHLORIDE-CONTAINING FOOD AND DRINK

摘要

To provide a taste improving agent and a taste improving method for potassium chloride-containing food and drink and a method for producing a potassium chloride-containing food and drink using a new food material.SOLUTION: There is provided a taste improving agent for a food or drink containing potassium chloride, which contains, as an active ingredient, an enzymatic degradation product of sake lees by a cell wall degrading enzyme that degrades a cell wall glycan of a plant or yeast. Exemplified as the cell wall degrading enzyme are cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase, mannanase, and glucanase. Preferably, the enzymatic degradation product contains a peptide having a molecular weight of 3000 or less consisting of a partial fragment of at least one protein selected from the group consisting of glutelin, globulin, and prolamin.SELECTED DRAWING: None