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Definitions

• Fermented umami -containing enzymatically active biomass umami concentrate , umami paste , solid umami product , salt-free or low-salt umami extract , low-salt umami product, and methods for producing the same
• the invention relates to umami-containing products and methods of producing the same .
• Food system is in crisis . As the environment is the driver and outcome of the food system, the crisis impacts food production in two ways : First , current food production accelerates climate change . Second, current food production practices are increasingly complicated by extreme weather conditions caused by climate change .
• Taste is a biosensor system that guides animals towards most beneficial foods .
• Sweetness indicates the presence or carbohydrates and thus energy that is available fast
• bitterness indicates potential toxicity
• umami indicates the presence of protein .
• Umami has also been shown to increase both appetite and satiety (Mouritsen 2016 ; Masic and Yeomans , 2014 ) . Because of evolutionary adaptation, sweet and umami are the only flavours humans crave from birth . The lack of umami of the current new protein offering likely explains the reluctancy to reduce the consumption of animal based proteins, and this creates demand for sustainable sources of umami.
• Umami flavour originates from free amino acids, nucleotides, and small peptides.
• Soy sauce type of fermented condiments that are a major source of umami in Asian cooking, also contain a complex mixture of organic acids, alcohols, aldehydes, esters, furanones, pyrazines, and S-compounds (Diez-Simon et al. 2020) .
• Animal based broths incl. meat, chicken, fish, bone etc. ) , are the base and umami source of numerous dishes and food products around the world. Their flavor and depth originates from nucleotides, amino acids, salts and organic acids (Kranz et al., (2016) ) .
• Soy sauce is a traditional umami containing condiment with a global market of around 40 billion USD in 2020. Now, when living the era of food system crisis, pristine soy as an ingredient for umami production is not reasonable. As known, soy is one of the four big crops in the world, and the areas of the fields are enormous, abled by the GMO species. This causes the loss of biodiversity, which may be considered as a threat for the environment. In addition, soya is usually cultivated in the most fragile ecosystems and soya is known as an allergen. Soy sauce also has very distinct flavour, aroma and colour. It is an important ingredient in Asian cuisine, but is utilisable in e.g. , European and Continental cuisines.
• Soy sauce is produced by fermenting soybeans or a mixture of soybeans and wheat with Aspergillus or Rhi zopus fungi .
• the resulting biomass koji
• Products in the market still have traditional ingredients - soybean and wheat . Only few attempts to use other ingredients exists : JP2014110771A discloses the use of cracked and steamed peas instead of soybeans to produce allergen-f ree koji .
• Chinese patent application publication CN109198585 A discloses that black sesame seed and bitter buckwheat soy sauce is manufactured from buckwheat powder , wheat bran and sesame seed press cake . Cereals are mixed into a dough and steamed before mixing with sesame seed press cake . Followed by liquid fermentation in high salt and additional enzymatic saccharification step .
• Chinese patent application publication CN101744226 A discloses that production of fermented sauce from oat , bean and rice .
• Raw materials are soaked and boiled, then solid state fermentation by inoculation with a blend of bacteria , fungus and yeast .
• Liquid fermentation step at high temperature The product is described as a brightly coloured, tasty, salty and sweet .
• pristine , non-circular raw materials are necessary .
• Pulses pea, mung bean
• Pulses are used dried and require energy and water intensive soaking and steaming processes in order to be usable .
• soy sauce Because of its production method, soy sauce has a very high salt content .
• Excessive salt intake is a tremendous health problem globally . In many countries , the daily salt intake is more than twice the recommended daily allowance and leads to cardiovascular disease including heart failure ( He et al . 2011 ) .
• Salt is used during or slurry fermentation stage to inhibit growth or harmful microbes that are a health ris k or spoil flavour and aroma .
• Sassi et al . ( Sassi et al . 2021 ) refer to work of Santhirasegaram et al . who cooked pre-soaked soybeans either by using a pressure cooker with saturated steam at 0, 8-1,0 kg/cm2 gauge pressure for 40-45 min or a continuous oven at 6-7 kg/cm2 gauge pressure for a short time (20-30 s) . Further, they roasted wheat at 150 °C oven for 30-45 s and cracked it into small flour particles. Sassi et al. then refer further to work of Devanti & Gkatzionis who combined cooked soybeans and roasted wheat in trays with 0,05-0,3% w/w of fungal spores.
• Japanese patent application publication JP2016086700A discloses a manufacturing method of soy sauce type of product with ⁇ 4% salt by preparing koji from dry soybeans, wheat grains and Aspergillus oryzae, mashing it with water or saline solution, sterilising moromi mash and optionally inoculating it with yeast.
• a further objective of the invention is to increase the variety of umami containing products. This objective can be met with:
• the method of producing umami-containing enzymatically active biomass comprises the steps of :
• a multi-component substrate system suitable for producing umami flavor compounds [such as at least one of the following , or preferably all of the following : glutamic acid, aspartic acid, glutamyl , aspartyl containing peptides , nucleotides ( inosine-5 ' -monophosphate , guanosine-5 ' - monophosphate ) ] by combining a -preferably soy and wheat free- substrate bed from a ) a first amount of one or more wet ingredients , having a first moisture content which preferably is between 60% and 95 % by weight , more preferably between 70% and 90% by weight , most preferably 80% and 85 % by weight , and b ) a second amount of one or more dry water-absorbing unboiled unsteamed ingredients , having a second moisture content that is smaller than the first moisture content and preferably between 1% and 30% by weight , more preferably between 5% and 20% by weight , most preferably 7 % and 15 % by
• unboiled unsteamed it is meant that no such cooking step is performed on the ingredient which substantially increases the moisture in the ingredient and/or that substantially reduces the water absorption capacity of the ingredient .
• soaking , boiling, steam cooking are not performed on the waterabsorbing unboiled unsteamed dry ingredient .
• Dry heat processing such as baking or roasting, is still a possible treatment for the water-absorbing dry unboiled ingredients .
• the advantage of the method is that in this manner, thanks to the substrate bed containing dry water-absorbing unboiled unsteamed ingredients , less energy may be necessary in the umami-containing enzymatically active biomass production method . In consequence , wet ingredients may be used without energy consuming drying process .
• the dry water-absorbing unboiled unsteamed ingredients are j ust mixed with the wet ingredients in a suitable ratio to each other, in order to adj ust the moisture content of the mixture . After this , the mixture is heated, preferably by steaming , to reduce microbial load .
• the efficiency of the method results mainly from the fact that since dry water-absorbing unboiled unsteamed ingredients are used without soaking , cooking or steam cooking processes they substantially maintain their water absorption capacity . Thus , they are necessary to bring down the moisture content of the wet bed material down to a suitable level . This improves the climate friendliness because energy consumption since it enables utilizing as wet ingredients even circular ingredients or other kinds of ingredients so far unsuitable for umami production . Further advantages are that in this manner, energy consumption during processing of the ingredients may be reduced, and furthermore the use of fresh water may be reduced .
• the preparation of the steamed dough complicates the process unnecessarily, causes additional investment needs and also decreases the climate friendliness of the process . Even more importantly, the dough preparation and steaming steps practically destroy the water- absorbing capability of the dry material , thus making it unsuitable to control the moisture content of the substrate bed .
• the moisture content of the wet ingredients may be is preferably between 60% and 95% by weight , more preferably between 70% and 90% by weight , most preferably between 80% and 85% by weight ) can be used by combining them with waterabsorbing dry unboiled unsteamed ingredients .
• the method in Sassi et al uses pristine starting materials .
• Soybeans have after soaking moisture ca . 57% by weight and the moisture remains substantially the same after steaming or boiling ( Yin-Zi Piao and Jong-Bang Eun, 2020 ) .
• These starting materials are substantially easier to handle as wet materials , especially the wet materials that result from the food processing side streams (also "circular ingredients” ) .
• Such wet materials typically have moisture between 60% and 95% by weight , in some occasions between 70% and 90% by weight , and in selected applications between 80% and 85 % by weight .
• the present method enables the use of circular ingredients as wet ingredients , the circular ingredients including challenging , wet side streams like fresh or frozen vegetable processing side streams , brewer' s spent grain, plant milk or protein extraction by-products , broken legumes and beans , oil seed press cakes , bread and dough waste and rej ected fruits and vegetables , vegetable and fruit processing by-products such as peels or rej ected pieces , legume processing side streams with high ( i . e . within the specified ranges typically 60- 95 % w/w, preferably 70-90% w/w, in certain situations 80-85 % w/w) moisture content such as high moisture extrusion waste . If the substrate bed is soy and wheat free , the method enables the production of umami products without using soybean or wheat that are maj or allergens .
• umamicontaining enzymatically active biomass may be produced even from food industry side-stream derived ingredients , instead or in addition to pristine ingredients , so contributing to the climate friendliness of umami production .
• Food industry side-stream derived ingredients and especially the so-called wet fractions are at the moment considered waste because of their limited shelf life and difficult handling .
• the invention is based on the idea that the use of such wet fractions will become possible in the production of umami-containing enzymatically active biomass if the moisture content is brought down to a suitable range by combining the wet ingredients with dry ingredients with adequate water absorption properties .
• the dry ingredients are preferably chosen to form a mixture of larger particles for aeration of the multi-component substrate system and smaller particles for absorbing water from the wet ingredients .
• the growth environment for the fungal culture ( s ) may be optimized .
• the dry ingredients are selected based on their particle size .
• the water distribution within the multi-component substrate system may be controlled with the dry holding capacity of the dry ingredients . This is advantageously carried out by mixing, which may be performed with a sufficiently low power or speed to avoid grinding the ingredients that causes agglomeration of the substrate bed, i . e . the substrate bed becoming dough-like .
• the particles in the dry ingredients may have a size larger than 4 mm .
• the dry ingredients may be selected to contain 20 - 70% , preferably 30 - 60% , of particles having a diameter in the range of 0 , 75 to 3 mm .
• natural hydration properties i.e. water holding capacity of the ingredients of the substrate bed may be controlled.
• the controlling may be carried out by i) adjusting the particle size and ratio of dry/wet ingredients to control water holding capacity and/or ii) indirectly such that water holding capacity is increased by increasing share of non-starch polysaccharides containing ingredients .
• the dry water-absorbing ingredients may be selected to have a water holding capacity of at least 100% of their weight.
• a part, preferably at least 20% of dry ingredients may have water holding capacity of at least 150% of its weight .
• the dry ingredients may be heated, preferably to above 85 °C, to reduce microbial load, before combining with wet ingredients and inoculation with fungal spores or mycelia.
• the wet ingredients may be heated in dry heat, preferably to above 75°C, to reduce microbial load, before combining with dry ingredients and inoculation with fungal spores or mycelia.
• the substrate bed may be heated (preferably by steaming) preferably to above 75°C or to above 85°C upon the wet ingredients have been combined (preferably by mixing) with the dry water-absorbing unboiled unsteamed ingredients, to reduce microbial load. The substrate bed is then allowed to cool before it is inoculated with fungal spores or mycelia.
• the combined ingredients may be considered to be suitable for producing umami amino acids if : i) the combined ingredients comprise at least 1400 mg/100 g glutamic acid, ii) optionally, if in addition to i) , the combined ingredients further comprise at least 18% by weight carbohydrates; iii) optionally, if in addition to i) and preferably also to ii) , the pH of the combined ingredients is in the range of 4,8 - 6,8.
• the substrate bed may be fermented at 26 - 40 °C (or at 26 - 36 °C) at relative humidity between 60 and 100% (or 80 and 100%) for 12 - 72 h ( or for 15-24 h ) , which may be followed by 24-36 h preferably in the same conditions but under ventilation to prevent the substrate bed from overheating . Overheating of the substrate bed may be prevented by ventilation and/or movement .
• the internal temperature of the substrate bed is , after the inoculation, preferably kept below 40°C, which may be ensured by turning the substrate bed periodically .
• the solid-state fermentation may be tested for success a ) by controlling the extent of proteolysis quantified as i ) increase in primary amino nitrogen, ii ) decrease of residual protein or iii ) release of glutamic acid/glutamate and/or by b ) testing for the release of reducing sugars from hydrolysis of starch and non-starch polysaccharides .
• the particle size distributions may be controlled to have aerated conditions for at least one aerobic fungus used in the solid-state fermentation to increase enzyme activities for an improved flavor and flavor precursor production .
• the surface area to volume ratio may be controlled .
• the wet and the dry ingredients in the substrate bed are substantially unboiled and/or neither soaked nor steamed .
• the dry and the wet ingredients may be derived from side streams from vegetable , legume , oilseed and/or cereal processing industries . This enables utilizing such side streams that are normally considered as waste . This may be considered more climate friendly than utilizing pristine ingredients as the dry and/or wet ingredients .
• the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients may comprise at least one of the following : broken legumes and beans , oil seed press cakes , brewer' s spent grain, plant milk and protein extraction byproducts , bread and dough waste , under-utilized milling fractions such as hulls , hus k, seed coat , and bran and rej ected fruits and vegetables , vegetable and fruit processing by-products such as peels or rej ected pieces .
• the dry and/or wet ingredients may include at least one of the following: i) non-soy legumes, such as pea, faba bean, lupin, lentil, chickpeas, brown beans; ii) grains, such as oat, barley, rye, buckwheat, wheat quinoa, millet; iii) combinations of different legumes from i) and/or grains from ii ) ; iv) dry legume processing side stream, preferably from milling, classification, extrusion processes; v) fresh legume and/or vegetable processing side streams, such as classification waste from frozen pea or bean production, preferably including split or otherwise damaged fresh peas and their hulls; vi) oilseed processing waste, such as hemp, rapeseed, sunflower, olive press cakes; vii) other seed processing waste, such as press cakes from production of extracts; and viii) food waste, such as bread and other cereal foods, processed vegetable or legumes containing foods.
• non-soy legumes
• the dry and/or wet ingredients may include side stream from one, two, three or more of the following:
• fungal genera used for include at least one non-toxic species of the following Aspergillus , Rhi zopus , Geotri chi um, Peni cilli um, Lentinula , Pleurotus , Auri cularia , Agari cus , Flammulina , Heri ci um , Cli tocybe , Hypsi zygus , Sparassi s , Ustilago , Fusari um .
• at least Aspergillus Oryzae is used .
• the fermented umami-containing enzymatically active biomass may be further processed into flavor products ( FIG 1 as "production of flavor products” ) .
• the processing into flavor products is preferably carried out using a high ionic strength ripening step ( HIS ; described below in detail in the context of FIG 6 ) or a low ionic strength ripening step ( LIS ; described below in detail in the context of FIG 5 ) .
• HIS high ionic strength ripening step
• LIS low ionic strength ripening step
• the methods for processing fermented umami-containing enzymatically active biomass into flavor products may enable the production of neutral , nuanced, rich umami products for any type of cooking or food processing .
• the methods are preferably carried out on biomass that preferably is soy and wheat free . In this manner , they can be suited to produce umami-containing flavor products that are soy and wheat free .
• - fermented umami-containing enzymatically active -preferably soy and wheat free- biomass preferably produced with a method according to the first aspect of the invention, is mixed with 8 - 20% (preferably 10-17 % ) salt w/w aqueous solution (brine ) and the resulting mash is ripened in liquid state in the presence of halophilic bacteria and yeasts , preferably for 1 to 24 months , preferably at ambient temperature such as 15-22 °C;
• the mash is pasteurized and insoluble dry matter is removed, such as by pressing, decanting , centrifuging or filtering , to produce an umami concentrate .
• the umami concentrate may be packaged to be used as such or used in the formulation of seasoning products .
• an umami paste - fermented umami-containing enzymatically active -preferably soy and wheat free- biomass , preferably produced with a method according to any one the first aspect of the invention, is mixed with salt and unfermented legumes , cereal products and/or vegetables ,
• halophilic bacteria and yeasts such as for 1 month to 12 months , preferably at ambient temperature , such as 15-22°C .
• the ripened product may be pasteurized and formulated into seasoning products .
• fermented umami-containing enzymatically active -preferably soy and wheat free- biomass preferably produced with a method according to the first aspect of the invention, is used to formulate a solid, gratable seasoning or food product that is optionally solidified, preferably using starches , fats and/or hydrocolloids .
• c .
• fermented umami-containing enzymatically active -preferably soy and wheat free- biomass preferably produced with a method according to the first aspect of the invention, is dried into powder or chunks . d .
• fermented umami-containing enzymatically active -preferably soy and wheat free- biomass preferably produced with a method according to the first aspect of the invention is used to formulate a solid, gratable seasoning and/or food product that optionally is solidified, preferably using starches , fats and/or hydrocolloids .
• - umami extract is produced by mixing fermented umami-containing enzymatically active -preferably soy and wheat free- biomass , preferably produced with a method according to the first aspect of the invention, with water to produce a slurry;
• the mashing may be carried out for 3 to 5 h (which is possible even without acidification) or for more than 5 h (which is possible with acidification ) , but in any case preferably less than 24 h, to avoid or suppress bacterial growth . Without acidification it is difficult to carry out the mashing for longer than 5 h because bacteria that may spoil the product start to increase rapidly .
• the mash may be acidified, preferably using lactic acid bacteria .
• the filtered slurry may be used as such as liquid seasoning product , dried, concentrated or mixed with other ingredients .
• a salt free or low-salt umami extract preferably produced with the method presented above , is combined with an umami concentrate preferably produced with the method presented above .
• the adj usting ratio between the salt free or low-salt umami extract and the umami concentrate , the salt content , color and flavor may be controlled .
• flavor modulators such as vegetables , fruits , herbs , mushrooms , algae- may be added before cooking to modify flavor profile .
• the methods for producing salt-free umami products and the low-salt umami products described above enable the production of umami products with significantly lower salt contents than traditional soy sauce process .
• the sterilizing step involved therein inactivates enzymes that are beneficial during ripening process .
• the low salt umami product is preferably a liquid with which the flavor modulators is altered from neutral to resemble meat , chicken, fish or bone broth .
• the resulting product may be used as base for stocks or as neutral flavoring for dishes and food products .
• the fermented umami-containing enzymatically active biomass has been manufactured with the method presented above .
• the umami concentrate has been manufactured with the method presented above .
• the umami paste has been manufactured with the method presented above .
• the solid umami product has been manufactured with the method presented above .
• the salt-free or low-salt umami extract has been manufactured with the method presented above .
• the low-salt umami product has been manufactured with the method presented above .
• All these products are preferably soy and wheat free .
• FIG 1 shows the process steps from solid-state fermentation to end products
• FIG 2 illustrates the fermentation process from solid-state fermentation to the end products
• FIG 3 shows the particle size distribution in the dry ingredients of five tested substrates ;
• FIG 4 are photographs of fermented biomass having (a) large particle size, (b) small particle size, and (c) intermediate particle size;
• FIG 5 is a flow chart of the production of the salt free umami extract .
• FIG 6 is a flow chart of the production of the salty umami extract .
• FIG 7 is a flow chart of the production of the low salt umami products .
• FIG 8 shows the increase of extractable glutamic acid during solid state fermentation
• FIG 9 shows the glutamic acid content of low ionic strength ripened umami extract processed using LIS method 1 (neutral, short process) and LIS method 2 (acidified, long process) ;
• FIG 10 shows the effect of particle size distribution on glutamic acid after solid state fermentation after 2 days, 10 days and 20 days.
• Our invention is directed to improve circularity in the manufacturing of umami flavour products. Circularity may be improved by utilizing side streams from vegetable, legume, oilseed and cereal processing industries e.g. broken legumes and beans, oil seed press cakes, brewer's spent grain, plant milk and protein extraction byproducts, bread and dough waste, and rejected fruits and vegetables, vegetable and fruit processing by-products such as peels or rejected pieces .
• vegetable, legume, oilseed and cereal processing industries e.g. broken legumes and beans, oil seed press cakes, brewer's spent grain, plant milk and protein extraction byproducts, bread and dough waste, and rejected fruits and vegetables, vegetable and fruit processing by-products such as peels or rejected pieces .
• Our method uses the existing side streams as such, utilising the natural hydration properties of ingredients .
• Hydration properties depend largely on composition, microstructure and particle size of plant materials . Especially high content of non-starch polysaccharides increases water holding capacity .
• Particle size also has an important role in creating aerated conditions for the aerobic fungi used in the solid state fermentation to create high enzyme activities for efficient flavour and flavour precursor production .
• There is a delicate balance between particle sizes as larger particles have a lower surface area to volume ratio , which influences extraction of components from the material .
• Our invention utilises a mixture of larger particle for improved aeration of the substrate bed, and smaller particles that efficiently absorb water from wet ingredients .
• the schematic diagram ( FIG 1 ) shows the process of producing enzymes by filamentous fungi and using the enzymes for hydrolysis and further umami type flavour products .
• Ingredients are selected based on composition, particle size and water holding capacity .
• Dry component should contain 30- 60% of particles in the range of 0 , 75 to 3 mm. No more than 20-40% of particles should be larger than 4 mm .
• Water holding capacity of the mixture should exceed 100% . At least 20% of water absorbing dry unboiled unsteamed ingredients material should have water holding capacity >150% . Dry ingredients are heated above 85 ° C to reduce microbial load . Wet ingredients are heated above 75 ° C in dry heat to reduce microbial load .
• FIG 8 shows the influence of the solid state fermentation step on amount of extractable glutamic acid in the substrate .
• FIG 3 shows the dry ingredients particle size distribution of five tested substrates.
• the three particle size distributions in the centre result in a good quality fermentation, while too large (Dry 4) and too small (Dry 1) particles of the substrates result in partial or no fermentation.
• FIG 4 (a) to (c) are photographs of fermented biomass. Large (a) and Small (b) particle sizes of the dry substrate result in inappropriate fermentation, while intermediate size (c) results in appropriate fermented biomass .
• FIG 10 shows glutamic acid contents of HIS products produced with small, mixed and large particle after 2d (dark grey) , lOd (light grey) and 20d (medium grey)
• FIG 1 discloses the preferred embodiment of the method of producing umami-containing enzymatically active biomass
• FIG 1 which in FIG 1 has been labelled as "solid-state fermentation of side streams" after heating, dry and wet ingredients are combined and inoculated with fungal spores or mycelia.
• the final mixture has a moisture content in the range of 39-63%, at least 1400 mg/100 g glutamic acid, at least 18% of carbohydrates and pH in the range of 4, 8-6, 8.
• the internal heat of the biomass should not exceed 40°C at any stage.
• the indication of a successful solid-state fermentation are extent of proteolysis quantified as an increase in primary amino nitrogen, decrease of residual protein or release of glutamic acid/glutamate .
• Another indicator is the release of reducing sugars from hydrolysis of starch and non-starch polysaccharides .
• Possible ingredients include non-soy legumes (e.g. pea, faba bean, lupin, lentil, chickpeas, brown beans) ; grains (e.g. oat, barley, rye, buckwheat, wheat quinoa, millet) ; combinations of different legumes and/or grains; dry legume processing side stream (e.g. from milling, classification, extrusion processes) ; fresh legume and vegetable processing side streams (e.g. classification waste from frozen pea or bean production, incl. split or otherwise damaged fresh peas and their hulls) ; oilseed processing waste (e.g. hemp, rapeseed, sunflower, olive press cakes) ; other seed processing waste (e.g.
• non-soy legumes e.g. pea, faba bean, lupin, lentil, chickpeas, brown beans
• grains e.g. oat, barley, rye, buckwheat, wheat quinoa, millet
• raw materials are side stream from fresh pea processing (damaged fresh green peas) , dried peas (whole, cracked or milled) ; dried faba beans (whole, cracked or milled) , cereal flours or flakes, milling side streams, bakery side streams and side stream from plant protein extrusion.
• Fungal genera used for solid state fermentation include but are not limited to non-toxic species Aspergillus , Rhizopus , Geotrichium, Penicillium , Lentinula , Pleurotus , Auricularia , Agaricus , Flammulina , Hericium, Clitocybe , Hyps! zygus , Sparassis , Ustilago , Fusarium.
• at least Aspergillus oryzae is used.
• the fermented biomass can be processed into flavour products in various ways. These methods can be divided in two categories: high ionic strength ripening process and low ionic strength ripening process .
• FIG 6 is a flow chart of the production of the salty umami extract i.e umami concentrate.
• a rich and aromatic umami concentrate is produced by mixing umami-containing fermented enzymatically active biomass with 10-18% salt solution and ripening in liquid state in the presence of halophilic bacteria and yeasts for 1 to 24 months at ambient temperature (15-25°C) . After ripening, the mash is pasteurised, insoluble dry matter is removed by pressing, decanting, centrifuging or filtering. The umami concentrate can be packaged and used as such or used for formulation of different seasoning products .
• Umami paste is produced by mixing umami-containing fermented enzymatically active biomass with 10-18% salt solution and ripening in liquid state in the presence of halophilic bacteria and yeasts for 1 to 24 months at ambient temperature (15-25°C) . After ripening, the mash is pasteurised, insoluble dry matter is removed by pressing, decanting, centrifuging or filtering. The umami
• Ripening can be carried out in paste format by mixing with salt and unfermented legumes, cereal products or vegetables and ripening as paste (optionally) in the presence of halophilic bacteria and yeasts for 1 to 8 months at ambient temperature (15-22°C) . After ripening, the paste can be pasteurised and formulated into paste-like seasoning products .
• Umami concentrate can also be dried into powder.
• Umami concentrate can be used to formulate a solid, gratable seasoning or food product.
• the product can be solidified using starches, fats or hydrocolloids.
• Umami paste can be dried into powder or chunks.
• Umami paste can be used to formulate a solid, gratable seasoning or food product.
• the product can be solidified using starches, fats or hydrocolloids .
• FIG 5 is a flow chart of the production of the salt free umami extract.
• Salt free umami extract is produced by mixing umami-containing fermented enzymatically active biomass with water and mashing at optimal temperatures of the desired enzyme activities (40-55°C) .
• endogenous enzymes can be added.
• the mash can optionally be acidified using lactic acid bacteria. Without acidification, mashing can be carried out for 3-5 h before spoilage (LIS Method 1) . To enable more thorough hydrolysis and extraction, the mashing time can be increased up to 24 h by acidification (LIS Method 2) .
• the resulting slurry is pasteurised and filtered. The resulting product can be used as such as liquid seasoning product, dried, concentrated or mixed with other ingredients.
• FIG 9 shows the difference between salt free umami extract process without acidification (LIS Method 1) and with acidification (LIS Method 2) in terms of glutamic acid content
• FIG 7 is a flow chart of the production of the low salt umami products.
• Low salt umami products can be produced by combining salt free umami extract (cf. point 2.1 above) and umami concentrate (cf. point 1.1. above) .
• the salt content, color and flavour can be altered.
• Flavour modulators e.g. vegetables, fruits, herbs, mushrooms, algae
• flavour modulators can be added before cooking to modify flavour profile.
• the neutral umami liquid can be altered to resemble e.g. meat, chicken, fish or bone broths.
• the resulting product can be used as base for stocks or as neutral but rich flavouring for various dishes and food products.
• Example 1 Enzymatically active fermented substrate
• Fresh vegetable side stream is heated to 75°C to lower microbial count and cooled. Fungal spores are mixed with gluten-free milling side stream, followed by fresh vegetable side stream.
• the substrate mixture is mixed loosely to avoid formation of dough-like texture. The moisture content of the substrate mixture should remain below 59% at this stage.
• the substrate mixture is transferred on a large surface. The layer thickness should not exceed 5 cm. Fermentation is initiated by increasing the ambient temperature to 30°C and keeping the relative humidity between 80 and 100% .
• the substrate bed is turned periodically to avoid overheating . After 20 h, ventilation is increased to allow evaporating water to be removed .
• the fermentation is carried out for a total of 48 h .
• the fermented substrate is gently mixed to break any lumps .
• the substrate is now ready to be used for applications .
• Salt solution is prepared by mixing salt with water .
• the salt is allowed to dissolve under slow mixing .
• Enzymatically active fermented substrate is added and mixing is continued until the substrate is fully hydrated .
• the mixture can be homogenized into an even slurry at this stage .
• the container is covered and stored at 19 ⁇ 4°C .
• the slurry is mixed periodically .
• the slurry is pasteurized at 85°C to inactivate enzymes and microorganisms .
• the pasteurized slurry is pressed using a belt press to obtain clarified liquid ( 15 % solids ) and press cake ( 37 % solids ) .
• the liquid fraction is used for final product formulation as a source of intense umami .
• Press cake from examples 2 -3 is oven or drum dried at 60°C .
• the dried press cake is milled to various degrees to obtain salty, aromatic particles or powder .
• the resulting product can be used to substitute table salt .
• the product has lower salt content than regular salt and contains umami flavor .
• the product also contains fiber and protein, offering a healthier alternative to table salt .

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