Melinda > wrote:
>
>Apparently some people only call nucleotides etc. "flavor potentiaors" and
>salt in this definition weouldn't be because it's a flavor by itself (in
>other words, some people define flavor potentiator as something which
>enhances flavor but has no flavor or smell profile of it's own). I only
>bring this up becuase it would indicate a difference between salt and sugar
>which have flavor, and MSG or nucleotides which are primarily acting as
>potentiators (I'll give you the source for all this babble at the end of the
>post). Anyhow...

I thought glutamate was classified as a seperate flavor too?
--scott
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