WASABI-FLAVORED COMPOSITION AND WASABI-FLAVORED FOOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a Wasabi (an Asian plant, Eutrema wasabi, of the mustard family)-flavored composition, having a felt deep and strong aroma to be a core and excellent in keeping quality by including a flavoring ingredient such as diallyl sulfide and a specific isothiocyanate ingredient therein. ;SOLUTION: This Wasabi-flavored composition comprises (A) a first flavoring ingredient fed from one or more extracts selected from extracts of a garlic and an onion such as diallyl (di)sulfide or dipropyl disulfide and (B) one or more compounds represented by the formula RN=C=S [R is an alkyl, an alkenyl, etc., which are (un)substituted with phenyl or CH₃-S] such as allyl isothiocyanate and more preferably (C) a second flavoring agent such as leaf alcohol or leaf aldehyde. Furthermore, the ratio of the ingredients A:B is preferably within the range of 10^-7/1 to (1/1) and a Wasabi-flavored food is preferably prepared from the resultant Wasabi-flavored composition.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1998,JPO