| abstract |
Sweetness improving agents capable of improving sweetness characteristics, in particular, aftertaste characteristics. More particularly, the sweetness improving agents contain as the active ingredient a yeast extract, in particular, one containing sodium 5'-inosinate and/or sodium 5'-adenylate, sodium 5'-guanylate, sodium 5'-uridylate and sodium 5'-cytidylate, each in an amount of 1 to 15 % based on the weight of the yeast extract, and 1 to 20 % of sodium glutamate. |