Patent Pick: Spice Up Saltiness of Laver Seaweed

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Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's technology, from Fuji Oil Holdings, is a composition to enhance the salty taste of dried laver seaweed sheets.

Oil or fat composition for dried laver seaweed sheets
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/170631
Publication date: Nov. 12, 2015
Assignee: Fuji Oil Holdings Inc.

Provided by this invention is an oil or fat composition for dried laver seaweed sheets that enables the production of a Korean-style-flavored dried laver seaweed sheet with an enhanced salty flavor, even after storage.

The composition contains at least one organic acid selected from the group consisting of: ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid and malic acid and salts thereof, or a salt of the organic acid.

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