How yeast and yeast extract make our food even tastier
Yeast is used in the production of various tasty foods and drinks. Even though the flavour of unprocessed yeast may taste [...]
Glutamate – a natural amino acid
Many consumers immediately think of the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate when they hear the term “glutamate”. What most people are [...]
Safety of yeast extract and glutamate
The amino acid glutamate, which occurs in numerous foodstuffs, does not represent a health risk. This is generally true no [...]
Free and bound glutamate – how does it influence the taste of foodstuffs?
Glutamate occurs in foodstuffs in two different forms. On the one hand, it occurs in the so-called bound form. Here [...]
New brochure: “Yeast extract – Information for food professionals”
Further interesting facts behind the ingredient yeast extract are provided in the new brochure “Information for food professionals”, which can [...]
Yeast extract – a natural ingredient with a tradition
Yeast extract is made from brewer's or baker's yeast and has been used as a natural ingredient for a wide [...]
Yeast extract in the food producing industry – a seasoning ingredient
In media coverage there is sometimes the accusation that yeast extract is a kind of "hidden flavour enhancer". But just [...]
Study on consumer hotlines shows demand for transparent information
A bachelor thesis presented at the German Niederrhein University compared ten hotlines of different food producers using the example of [...]
No tasty foods without glutamate
Natural glutamate is more present in our daily diet than most consumers realize: Because the amino acid occurs naturally in [...]
Latest media report: “Glutamate: All is well!“
“But Glutamate is not responsible for a lot of things it is accused of. Industrially produced glutamate is chemically identical [...]
