How To Best Utilize Salty, Umami And Kokumi Modulators

According to author Alex Woo, there are four strategies to make things saltier without adding more table salt.
According to author Alex Woo, there are four strategies to make things saltier without adding more table salt.
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Low salt does not mean it has to be low flavor. We just need to learn a few things in saltiness neuroscience and apply them to create salty perception without salt. Flavor is a crossmodal integration of all five sensest—taste, smell, sight, sound and touch.1,2 The five basic tastes in the mouth are sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami.

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