⑥ Seafood flavorings
1. Flavor enhancers or flavor potentiators are chemical substances that have little flavor of their own
but, when mixed with food products, have the ability to enhance the flavor of the food
⑴ Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
⑵ Inosine-5’-monophosphate(5’- IMP)
⑶ Guanosine -5’-monophosphate(5’- GMP)
2. Application : soups, sauces, gravies, and many other savory products
3. Flavor potentiators occur naturally
⑴ Sea tangle
⑵ Dried bonito tuna
⑶ Black mushroom
4. Flavoring agents have usually been produced by enzymatic transformations
5. Seafood flavors are in high demand for use as additives in product: Kamaboko, artificial crab,
fish sausage, cereal-based extrusion products, shrimp chips
6. Seafood flavoring from various sources by enzymatic hydrolysis (exogenous and endogenous)
7. Process consists of liquefaction of the raw material by enzymatic hydrolysis, thermal inactivation of
enzymes, separation of bones and shells, filtration or centrifugation, concentration of the flavors