酵母抽提物(YE)是一种极佳的风味增强食品,具有极强的鲜味(umami)增强和浓厚味(kokumi)效果.对三种酵母抽提物(高纯YE,高I+G YE,普通YE)的umami及kokumi滋味进行了评价和描述.通过超滤、凝胶层析对YE滋味组分进行了分离,初步得出分子质量处于200~1 000u的肽类,本身具有苦味及强烈刺舌滋味,对MSG-NaC1、I+G+NaC1、鸡汤-NaC1模型溶液具有增鲜,增加复杂口感及持续的满口感的kokumi效果.随后对三种YE的粗分质子量分布、肽分布、核苷酸含量、GSH含量进行了测定.结果得出,YE中<1 000u分子量寡肽含量较高(约70%),为其主要滋味物质,相对而言,YE中呈味核苷酸含量较低(3.530mg/g),而不能与其中的kukumi活性物质起到协同效果.通过YE对MSG-NaCl、I+G+NaCl模型溶液的反馈感官鉴评实验,得出YE浓度分别达到0.25g/L、0.05g/L时开始体现出增鲜效果,而在两种模型溶液中YE分别达到2.5g/L,5g/L浓度时达到最大增鲜效果,超过这一浓度时,溶液开始呈现一定的苦味,鲜味也不再增强.此外,对于I+G+NaCl模型溶液,YE对其鲜味提升更为明显,增鲜阈值也较低.
Yeast extract (YE) is a kind of excellent food flavor enhancer, which has a strong umami and kokumi taste. In this paper, the kokumi and u- mami taste of three types of YE (high purity YE, high I+G YE, general YE) were evaluated. The taste-active components of YE were separated by the application of ultrafiltration and gel chromatography. A peptide arrays with molecular weight range of 200-1 000 u were obtained, which had a bitter taste and strongly barbed tongue effect and typical effect of umami-enhancing, complex, long-lasting and mouthfulness to the MSG-NaC1, I+Cr+NaC1 and chicken soup-NaCl taste model solutions. The molecular weight distribution, peptides distribution, nucleotides content and GSH content of three YE were determined subsequently. Result showed that the content ofYE with〈l 000 u was very high (about 70%), which was the main flavor sub- stance of YE. However, the content of flavor nucleotide in YE was so low (3.530 mg/g) which did not exhibited a distribution effect on kokumi with such compounds. Application of response sensory evaluation on YE for MSG-NaC1, I+Cr+NaC1 model solution evaluated that the kokumi threshold of YE for MSG-NaC1, I+Cr+NaCI was 0.25g/L and 0.05g/L, respectively, while the maximum concentration used for kokumi enhancing were 2.Sg/L and 5g/L, respectively. Solution began to exhibit bitterness when reached this concentration. In addition, for the I+Cr+NaC1 solution model, the koku- mi effect of YE on umami improvement was more significant compared to others, and the kokumi threshold of YE was low.