Flavour enhancer
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Flavour enhancers are commonly added to commercially produced food products (eg. frozen dinners, instant soups, snackfoods) to make them taste more 'savoury'.
The commonly used flavour enhancers are:
[edit] Australian
- 621 monosodium glutamate, MSG
- 622 monopotassium glutamate
- 623 calcium diglutamate
- 624 monoammonium glutamate
- 625 magnesium diglutamate
[edit] European (by E number)
- E620 Glutamic acid
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- E622 Monopotassium glutamate
- E623 Calcium diglutamate
- E624 Monoammonium glutamate
- E625 Magnesium diglutamate
- E626 Guanylic acid
- E627 Disodium guanylate, sodium guanylate
- E628 Dipotassium guanylate
- E629 Calcium guanylate
- E630 Inosinic acid
- E631 Disodium inosinate
- E632 Dipotassium inosinate
- E633 Calcium inosinate
- E634 Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides
- E636 Maltol
- E637 Ethyl maltol
- E640 Glycine and its sodium salt
