Salty essence is a new food essence popularized in 70s in last century. Our country started to research and manufacture salty food essence since 80s in last century. In 90s in last country, our country develops rapidly in the last decade. Presently, our country’s production technology of salty food essence has entered advanced range in the world. In the following text, we will discuss on salty essence definition, function, application, composing, manufacturing method and security management.

I. What’s salty food essence?

PRC Light Industry Standard QB/T2640—2004 defines salty food essence as “The mixture made by one or many kinds of edible carriers from food flavor compounds, spicy (or its extractive) and/or other food additives, which can increase flavor for salty food.” Salty essence includes beef, pork and chicken essence, fish, shrimp, crab and seashell.
II. Salty food essence function and purpose

There are two paths of salty food resource: By thermal processing course; the second is provided by salty food essence and/or spicy. The aroma substances came from these two ways exits no difference in chemical structure. They all composed of five elements C, H, O, S, N. Common elements are alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acetal, ketal, carboxylic acids, esters, lactone, organic sulfides and heterocyclic compounds and so on.

People’s requirements on food aroma are different. So we have to increase salty food essence to supplement or improve it.

III. Salty food essence composing and manufacturing method

Method for producing salty flavor is adjusting aroma method, thermal reaction method and the combination of thermal reaction. Flavor includes natural flavor and composite flavor. Main raw materials of thermal reaction are amino acid, reducing sugar and other ingredients. HVP, HAP and barm are important resource of amino acid.

IV. Infection factors on salty food essence security

Raw material is the key factor for influencing salty food essence. There are three categories:

1.flavor

There are more than 4,000 categories food flavor are permitted to be applied in the world. Thereinto, there are 2,253 categories are considered as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) recognized by FEMA (Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States). Food essence production not allows using food flavor that out of GB-2760 list. 

2. Thermal reaction raw materials