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• the present invention relates to a salt-free or low-salt soy sauce-like liquid seasoning, and to a method for producing such a soy sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• the traditional method of producing Japanese soy sauce follows the following steps.
• a mixture of boiled soybeans and roasted wheat is inoculated with a koji mold to make a soy sauce koji.
• the mixture is brewed with high-concentration saline to produce a moromi (moromi-mash), which is then fermented and matured for an extended time period of several months to a year.
• the high-concentration saline is used mainly to inhibit growth of putrefactive bacteria.
• there have been concerns over the possible link between excessive intake of salt and high-blood pressure, renal disease, or the like and there is an increasing demand for a soy sauce with reduced salt (low sodium content).
• soy sauce koji brewed with high-concentration saline in a traditional fashion is desalted by removing salt through a membrane process such as by using an ion-exchange membrane after fermentation and maturing (see, for example, PTL 1).
• a liquid seasoning obtained by such an indirect production method has problems, including the high cost due to the long desalting process, and adverse effect on flavor, such as bitterness and a harsh taste.
• a direct production method is also reported in which brewing is conducted under salt-free or low-salt conditions by controlling pH and temperature in combination with using high nitrogen or alcohol for brewing (see, for example, PTL 2 to PTL 4).
• a problem of brewing under salt-free and low-pH conditions is that it alone cannot completely prevent spoilage by microorganisms.
• the brewing using high nitrogen is also problematic because it involves poor filterability.
• the brewing under high temperature involves problems such as incomplete yeast fermentation, and impartment of an odor due to warm brewing and bitterness. Microorganism growth can be reduced with the brewing using alcohol.
• the added alcohol has an effect on yeast fermentation and flavor.
• a low-salt liquid seasoning is also reported that is obtained by a process in which the digestion of a moromi takes place simultaneously with alcohol fermentation. Specifically, in digesting the raw-material carbohydrate or protein, or a mixture of these materials with less than 2% (w/v) salt, alcohol-producing yeasts are added after adjusting the pH of the initial moromi to 4 to 6 (see PTL 5).
• a drawback of this technique is that growth of microorganisms in the moromi cannot be sufficiently reduced in early stages of fermentation, and contamination often occurs.
• a liquid seasoning is also reported that is produced by mixing soy sauce koji with 70 to 80° C. hot water to prepare a moromi having a temperature of 50 to 57° C., and intermittently or continuously stirring the moromi while maintaining the moromi temperature.
• a salt concentration 0 to 5% (w/v)
• spoilage of the moromi is prevented, and the processing time is reduced (see PTL 6).
• this technique enables production of a low-salt moromi
• the process requires adding salt in a lactic acid or yeast fermentation step, or in some other step subsequent to these steps. This makes it difficult to obtain a low-salt soy sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• the present invention is intended to find a solution to the foregoing problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a salt-free or low-salt soy sauce-like liquid seasoning having a desirable flavor and desirable functionality with no contamination by harmful microorganisms, and a method for producing such a sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• the present inventors conducted intensive studies to solve the foregoing problems, and found that a salt-free or low-salt soy sauce-like liquid seasoning having a desirable flavor and desirable functionality with no contamination by harmful microorganisms can be obtained when a solid koji prepared by inoculating raw material grains of primarily soybean or wheat with a koji mold is prepared into a moromi with addition of salt-free or low-salt water for brewing, and the moromi, after pasteurization, is fermented with yeast while preventing contamination with the use of a container adapted to reduce entry of harmful microorganisms.
• the present invention has been completed on the basis of this finding.
• the present invention is related to the following.
• a salt-free or low-salt soy sauce-like liquid seasoning having a desirable taste and aroma with no contamination by harmful microorganisms can be obtained.
• the salt-free liquid seasoning produced by the present invention has an extremely low sodium ion concentration, and a desirable flavor, and can be used as a soy sauce-like liquid seasoning suited for people suffering from, for example, high-blood pressure, or renal disease.
• a soy sauce moromi having a salt concentration of less than 4% (w/v) is prepared by mixing water or saline into a solid koji prepared from raw material grains. The moromi is then heated and hydrolyzed at 25 to 57° C. for 0 to 48 hours. Preferably, 70 to 80° C. hot water or saline is mixed into a solid koji, and the mixture is stirred intermittently or continuously in a tank while maintaining the moromi at 50 to 57° C., and hydrolyzed with enzyme for 15 to 30 hours, as in Japanese Patent No. 3827300.
• raw material grains refers to, for example, protein materials such as whole soybean, defatted soybean, soy protein, wheat gluten, green pea, broad pea, and red pea, and starch materials such as wheat, barley, rye, wheat bran, rice, rice bran, corn, and starch pulp. These may be used alone or in combination.
• the solid koji used herein is obtained by inoculating a protein material prepared by using an ordinary method or a mixture of the protein material and a starch material with a koji mold such as Aspergillus sojae , and Aspergillus oryzae , and conducting solid culturing for 2 to 3 days (koji-making).
• a koji mold such as Aspergillus sojae , and Aspergillus oryzae
• the water or saline used for brewing is used in amounts that are sufficient to soak koji.
• the amount of water or saline is preferably 1 to 4 times the weight of koji by volume (v/w).
• an edible acid, an enzyme agent, or activated carbon may be added to improve mold resistance, hydrolysis efficiency, and flavor, as will be described later.
• an emulsion-type silicone defoaming agent may be added in a final concentration of 0.01 to 0.5% (w/v).
• an enzyme agent may be added in a final concentration of 0.001 to 1% (w/v) to promote moromi hydrolysis.
• the enzyme agent include protease (endoprotease, exoprotease), cellulase, and pectinase.
• the thermal hydrolysis is followed by heat pasteurization of the soy sauce moromi having a salt concentration of less than 4% (w/v).
• the heat pasteurization method is not particularly limited, and may be any of, for example, UHT (ultra high temperature heating method), HTST (high temperature short time method sterilization), retort, pressurized tank, steam injection, steam infusion, autoclave, plate heater, surface scrape, Joule heat-exchange, and tubular pasteurization methods.
• UHT ultra high temperature heating method
• HTST high temperature short time method sterilization
• retort pressurized tank
• steam injection steam infusion
• autoclave plate heater
• surface scrape Joule heat-exchange
• tubular pasteurization methods Preferred are methods using a pressurized tank, and a tubular pasteurizer.
• the moromi may be pasteurized by applying heat under applied pressure while uniformly stirring the moromi in a pressurized tank.
• the moromi is pasteurized for, for example, 2 minutes to 180 minutes at 80° C., 5 seconds to 15 minutes at 121° C., or 1 second to 30 seconds at 130° C., though the optimum conditions vary with the selected method of pasteurization.
• the pH of the prepared moromi may be adjusted to improve mold resistance or to adjust taste. Desirably, the pH is adjusted to 3.0 to 7.0, preferably 4.0 to 5.5 from the viewpoint of mold resistance and yeast fermentation. The pH may be adjusted at the time of thermal hydrolysis, or before or after the heat pasteurization of the moromi.
• the edible acid as a pH adjuster include lactic acid, acetic acid, malic acid, citric acid, gluconic acid, and adipic acid. Preferred for flavor is lactic acid.
• sugar may be any sugar, as long as it can be utilized by yeast. Examples include glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, mannose, and glycerol. However, it is desirable to use glucose in view of utilization efficiency.
• the important aroma component HEMF of soy sauce can be increased with the use of a pentose, such as ribose and xylose, even when the soy sauce is salt-free or low-salt, as described in JP-A-2001-120293.
• the sugars may be used alone or in combination. It is also possible to use food materials containing these sugars.
• Examples of such food materials include a table sugar, a high fructose corn syrup (liquid sugar which includes less than 50% of fructose), a high fructose corn syrup (liquid sugar which includes 50% or more and less than 90% of fructose), a soft brown sugar, and a molasses.
• an enzyme agent Before yeast fermentation, an enzyme agent may be added in a final concentration of 0.001 to 1% (w/v) to promote moromi hydrolysis, or to improve pressability.
• the enzyme agent include protease (endoprotease, exoprotease), cellulase, and pectinase.
• activated carbon Before yeast fermentation, activated carbon may be added to the moromi to eliminate bitterness, and improve flavor.
• the activated carbon is a powder, more preferably a powder with an average particle size of 10 to 100 ⁇ m.
• the activated carbon is added preferably in an amount of 0.1 to 5% (w/w) with respect to the raw material of the moromi.
• the kind of activated carbon may be appropriately selected according to the intended use. For example, activated carbons having functions such as elimination of bitterness, removal of bad odor, adjustment of taste, and adjustment of color may be used in combination.
• the yeast used in the present invention is not particularly limited.
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii , and Kluyveromyces marxianus may be used.
• the moromi of the present invention is salt-free or low-salt, it is also possible to use other yeasts, including, for example, weakly halotolerant wine yeasts, beer yeasts, and shochu (distilled alcoholic beverage) yeasts.
• the yeast is added in a concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 5 cells or more, preferably 1 ⁇ 10 6 to 1 ⁇ 10 7 cells per gram of moromi.
• the moromi is charged into a container adapted to reduce the contamination of harmful microorganisms.
• the container adapted to reduce the contamination of harmful microorganisms is a container that is structured to block inside of the container from ambient air.
• the container may be a polypropylene jar processed for removal of bacteria or a glass media bottle.
• the container may be a jar fermenter with a function to supply air without bacteria into the container, or a pressurized fermentation tank.
• a filter capable of collecting at least 99.97% of dust of 0.3- ⁇ m or larger may be used, for example, such as a HEPA filter.
• the yeast is fermented at a yeast growing temperature, specifically at 15 to 45° C., preferably 20 to 30° C., for 1 to 90 days, preferably 3 to 28 days.
• the amount of alcohol produced in the soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention may be adjusted in the 0 to 20% (w/v) range according to the concentration of the sugar added in the fermentation step, the type of the yeast used, or the fermentation conditions. Alcohol may also be added at the completion of the fermentation. However, in order to provide the soy sauce-like liquid seasoning with the soy sauce-like flavor, the alcohol content is preferably less than 8% (w/v), more preferably 2 to 7% (w/v).
• the alcohol concentration may be measured by using a known method, for example, with a measurement kit using gas chromatography or an enzyme method.
• the moromi may be processed by an ordinary method, such as pressing, heating, refining, and filtration, so that a soy sauce-like liquid seasoning having a desirable flavor and functionality with a salt concentration of less than 4% (w/v) can be obtained.
• the salt concentration can be measured by using methods such as potentiometry and the Mohr's method.
• the soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention satisfies the following conditions for aroma component concentration, and has a flavor that more closely resembles the soy sauce-like flavor.
• the isoamyl alcohol concentration is 20 ppm (w/v) or more with respect to the total nitrogen concentration of 1.0% (w/v)
• the 2-phenylethanol concentration is 6 ppm (w/v) or more with respect to the total nitrogen concentration of 1.0% (w/v)
• the isobutyl alcohol concentration is 9 ppm (w/v) or more with respect to the total nitrogen concentration of 1.0% (w/v)
• the HEMF concentration is 10 ppm (w/v) or more with respect to the total nitrogen concentration of 1.0% (w/v)
• isoamyl alcohol and 2-phenylethanol are responsible for the base note of sake, and that these alcohols, along with isobutyl alcohol, are aroma components of yeast fermentation origin that improve the flavor of soy sauce.
• concentration of these aroma components can be measured by, for example, GC-MS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry), or GC-FID (gas chromatography-flame ionization detection).
• soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention has the same levels of HEMF concentration as a regular soy sauce, and has the soy sauce-like flavor.
• the salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention which is obtained without using any salt in the water used in the brewing step, has a sodium ion concentration of 50 ppm (w/v) or less.
• the salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention differs from known salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasonings in this respect, and has a lower sodium concentration than known salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasonings.
• the sodium ion concentration can be measured by using methods such as atomic absorption spectrometry and ICP emission spectrometry.
• Defatted processed soybean (50%, w/w), and roasted smashed wheat (50%, w/w) were mixed to prepare a soy sauce koji.
• the defatted processed soybeans were used after being soaked with water (130%, w/w) and boiled.
• the raw material was inoculated with a seed starter of Aspergillus sojae , and was processed for 42 hours using an ordinary method to obtain a soy sauce koji (koji-making).
• the above soy sauce koji was mixed with 200 weight parts of hot water (preheated to 70° C.; containing no salt) with respect to 100 weight parts of the koji.
• the mixture was then heated and hydrolyzed at 55° C. for 24 hours by being continuously stirred at 100 rpm in a hydrolysis tank equipped with an insulating jacket having stirring vanes on the rotating shaft. This produced a salt-free moromi.
• the salt-free moromi (Examples 1-1 to 1-4, 300 g each) was put in a glass media bottle, and pasteurized with an autoclave at 121° C. for 5 minutes. To the moromi of each group was then added 50% (w/v) glucose processed for removal of bacteria in a final concentration of 5% (w/v), as shown in Table 1.
• a precultured soy sauce yeast ( Zygosaccharomyces rouxii ) was added to the moromi in a concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 7 cells/g moromi, and the mixture was fermented at a moromi temperature of 20 to 30° C. for 14 days, as shown in Table 1.
• Table 2 shows the common viable bacteria count, and the analytical values of the components of the obtained soy sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• the soy sauce-like liquid seasoning was cultured in a medium prepared by adding 30 ⁇ g/ml of nystatin to standard agar medium PEARLCORE (manufactured by Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd.), and the number of grown colonies was counted.
• PEARLCORE manufactured by Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd.
• the common viable bacteria count obtained by this method does not include yeasts, and represents mainly the number of contaminating bacteria.
• the total nitrogen (TN) concentration, the alcohol concentration, and the pH were determined by using the methods described in Soy Sauce Testing Methods (published Mar. 1, 1985, ed. Japan Soy Sauce Research Center).
• the salt concentration was determined by the Mohr's method.
• the glutamic acid concentration was determined by using an amino acid analyzer.
• Example 1 the soy sauce koji was mixed with 140 weight parts of heated 70° C. hot water with respect to 100 weight parts of the koji.
• Example 2-4 and Comparative Examples 2-1 and 2-2 salt was added in the final concentrations shown in Table 3.
• the pH was adjusted to 4.8 with lactic acid, and the mixture was heated and hydrolyzed at 55° C. for 24 hours by being continuously stirred at 100 rpm in a hydrolysis tank equipped with an insulating jacket having stirring vanes on the rotating shaft. This produced a moromi.
• This moromi had a larger proportion of the soy sauce koji than the moromi of Example 1.
• the above moromi was pasteurized at 121° C. for 5 minutes using a jar fermenter, and 50% (w/v) glucose processed for removal of bacteria was added in a final concentration of 5% (w/v).
• To the mixture was then added precultured yeast ( Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kluyveromyces marxianus ) in a concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 7 cells/g moromi.
• a commercially available enzyme agent endoprotease, exoprotease
• the mixture was fermented with the yeast at a moromi temperature of 25° C. or 30° C. for 14 days, as shown in Table 3.
• Table 4 shows the analytical values of the components and the results of flavor evaluation of the liquid seasoning. The flavor was evaluated according to the following criteria.
• the liquid seasonings fermented without salt as in Examples 2-1 and 2-2 had a sweet, elegant aroma as a whole, and the flavor was desirable.
• the low-salt liquid seasoning of Example 2-4 that underwent yeast fermentation under low salt concentration (3%, w/v) had an aroma that was more like a soy sauce, and the flavor was also desirable.
• Example 2-3 The sake yeast S. cerevisiae used in Example 2-2, and the heat-resistant yeast K marxianus used in Example 2-3 had higher fermentation rates than the soy sauce yeast ( Z. rouxii ) used in Example 2-1, had a tendency to produce more alcohol, and are more desirable in terms of mold resistance.
• these yeasts are non-halotolerant yeasts, and do not grow well and fail to produce alcohol under high salt concentrations as in Comparative Examples 2-1 and 2-2, and cannot be used in the traditional brewing of soy sauce.
• An advantage of the salt-free or low-salt fermentation of the present invention is that it allows the use of these non-halotolerant microorganisms.
• a 50% (w/v) glucose solution processed for removal of bacteria, and ribose or xylose were added to a pasteurized salt-free moromi produced in the same manner as in Example 2. These were added in the final concentrations (w/v) shown in Table 5.
• soy sauce yeast Z. rouxii as in Example 2-1, and a commercially available enzyme agent (endoprotease, exoprotease) was added in a final concentration of 0.1% (w/w).
• the mixture was then fermented at a moromi temperature of 25° C. for 14 days. After yeast fermentation, the moromi was pressed, heated, and racked to obtain a refined soy sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• Table 6 shows the analytical values of the components and the results of flavor evaluation of the soy sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• the flavor evaluation confirmed that adding ribose or xylose for fermentation enhances the soy sauce-like aroma and improves the quality, though the analytical values of the common components remained essentially the same.
• the result suggests that adding pentose is effective for further improvement of the soy sauce-like flavor of the salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasoning.
• Boiled and denatured defatted soybeans, and smashed roasted wheat were mixed in equal amounts, and the mixture was inoculated with a seed starter, and processed for 42 hours under aeration to obtain a soy sauce koji (koji-making).
• the koji was mixed into saline, and fermented and matured under controlled conditions where the moromi was fermented at 25 to 30° C. for 150 days with appropriate stirring using an ordinary method. This was followed by pressing and filtration, and an unheated soy sauce having a salt concentration of about 18% (w/v), and a total nitrogen concentration of about 1.7% (w/v) was obtained.
• the unheated soy sauce was heated at 80° C. for 1 hour, and refined by filtration.
• the resulting soy sauce was desalted with an electrodialyzer (manufactured by Astom Corporation), and a desalted soy sauce of pH 4.7 having a salt concentration of 0.1% (w/v), a total nitrogen concentration of about 1.6% (w/v), and a glutamic acid concentration of about 0.9% (w/v) was obtained.
• the concentrations of isoamyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, isobutyl alcohol, and HEMF were measured by using the quantitative analysis method described in J. Agric. Food Chem. Vol. 39, 934, 1991. Specifically, these were analyzed by gas chromatography (6890N; manufactured by Agilent Technologies), and the content of each aroma component was determined by the standard curve method using a standard sub stance.
• Table 7 shows the results of aroma component analysis for the liquid seasonings of Examples (Examples 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 3-1, and 3-2), a desalted soy sauce, a commercially available koikuchi (dark-colored) soy sauce (manufactured by Kikkoman Corporation), and a commercially available soy sauce-like liquid seasoning brewed with alcohol (commercially available salt-free soy sauce).
• the isoamyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, and isobutyl alcohol concentrations with respect to 1% (w/v) total nitrogen concentration tended to be overall higher in the soy sauce-like liquid seasonings of the present invention than in the desalted soy sauce and the commercially available soy sauce, and that the soy sauce-like liquid seasonings of the present invention had isoamyl alcohol concentration of 20 ppm (w/v) or more, 2-phenylethanol concentration of 6 ppm (w/v) or more, and isobutyl alcohol concentration of 9 ppm (w/v) or more and were salt-free or low-salt liquid seasonings having a desirable flavor.
• liquid seasonings of Examples 2-1, 2-2, and 2-4 had the same levels of HEMF concentration as the desalted soy sauce and the commercially available koikuchi (dark-colored) soy sauce, and also had the soy sauce-like flavor.
• the metal ion concentration was analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry with air-acetylene flame, using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer AA6300 (manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation). A standard curve was created using a standard solution for atomic absorption spectrophotometry (manufactured by Kanto Kagaku).
• Table 8 shows the metal ion concentrations of the salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of Example 2-1, the desalted soy sauce prepared in Section 4 above, and a commercially available salt-free soy sauce.
• the salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention had a considerably lower sodium ion concentration than the other soy sauces.
• the desalted soy sauce had a low potassium ion concentration, but the sodium ion concentration was relatively high due to electrodialysis efficiency.
• the salt-free soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention is a liquid seasoning having a considerably lower sodium ion concentration than traditional salt-free or low-salt soy sauce-like liquid seasonings, and that is functionally desirable for, for example, the prevention of salt-sensitive hypertension.
• the sensory evaluation was made by eight trained panelists having a discrimination ability, and these panelists were asked to give scores. Specifically, the salt-free liquid seasonings of Examples 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, and 3-2, a sample prepared by adding alcohol to the sample of Example 2-1 in a final concentration of 8.5% (w/v), and a commercially available salt-free soy sauce were evaluated for intensities of saltiness, umami, bitterness, and soy sauce-like taste, and for palatability (pleasantness), relative to the desalted soy sauce prepared in Section 4 above.
• the evaluation criteria are as follows.
• Table 9 shows the results of the sensory evaluation test for the salt-free liquid seasonings.
• the scores presented in the table are the mean values of the eight panelists.
• the samples of Examples 2-1 and 2-2 as the products of the present invention had improved umami and palatability than the desalted soy sauce. It was confirmed that the samples of Examples 3-1 and 3-2 also had an improved soy sauce-like taste due to increased HEMF. On the other hand, it was confirmed that the alcohol-added sample and the commercially available salt-free soy sauce had a strong alcohol taste, and tended to be unpleasant.
• the products of the present invention had a soy sauce-like aroma due to the high total nitrogen concentration and the high glutamic acid concentration, and the same levels of alcohol concentration as a brewed soy sauce. These contributed to the improved palatability.
• Example 2-4 3% salt
• the sample of Example 2-4 containing 3% salt had greatly improved saltiness, umami, soy sauce-like taste and palatability, and was evaluated as a more-balanced liquid seasoning compared with the desalted soy sauce to which salt was added to have the same salt concentration.
• soy sauce-like liquid seasoning of the present invention despite being salt-free or low-salt, has an excellent flavor, and more desirable palatability than the desalted soy sauce, the commercially available salt-free soy sauce, and the soy sauce prepared by adding salt or alcohol to the desalted soy sauce.
• a soy sauce koji (7.8 kg) containing defatted processed soybeans (50%, w/w) and roasted smashed wheat (50%, w/w) was charged into a 30-L jar fermenter with 12 L of 75° C. hot water and 100 mL of acetic acid. The mixture was stirred at 55° C. for 24 hours for hydrolysis. The hydrolyzed moromi was filtered through filter paper to separate liquid from solid, and the filtrate (moromi solution) was heat pasteurized at 121° C. for 3 minutes.
• soy sauce koji used in (A) (7.8 kg) was charged into a 30-L jar fermenter with 12 L of 75° C. hot water and 100 mL of lactic acid. The mixture was stirred at 55° C. for 24 hours for hydrolysis. The hydrolyzed moromi was filtered through filter paper to separate liquid from solid, and the filtrate (moromi solution) was heat pasteurized at 121° C. for 3 minutes. To the pasteurized moromi solution was added 1 L of glucose, and 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells/mL of soy sauce yeast ( Zygosaccharomyces rouxii ), and the mixture was fermented at a moromi temperature of 30° C. for 7 days.
• soy sauce koji used in (A) (7.8 kg) was charged into a 30-L jar fermenter with 12 L of 75° C. hot water and 100 mL of lactic acid. The mixture was stirred at 55° C. for 24 hours for hydrolysis. The hydrolyzed moromi was heat pasteurized at 121° C. for 3 minutes while being stirred in the jar fermenter. To the pasteurized moromi was added 1 L of glucose, and 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells/mL of soy sauce yeast ( Zygosaccharomyces rouxii ), and the mixture was fermented at a moromi temperature of 30° C. for 7 days.
• Table 11 shows the analytical values and the results of flavor evaluation of these liquid seasoning samples. There was no large difference between the analytical values of the samples. However, the samples were greatly different in terms of flavor.
• the acetic acid hydrolysis sample (A) had a notable acid odor, and the taste was too plain.
• the moromi solution pasteurized sample (A, B) had an off-flavor including an oxidation odor and a deterioration odor.
• the sample of (C) had umami with a flavor that most closely resembled a soy sauce.

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