People often add salt to their food to increase its taste. However, excessive salt intake has become a global health issue.
Umami seasoning, such as AJI-NO-MOTO®, allows people to enhance flavor by building umami while simultaneously cutting down on salt intake. Glutamic acid, an amino acid, is what creates the umami taste that people know and love.
The Ajinomoto Group hopes to extend the life expectancy of one billion people by 2030. Encouraging salt reduction is one of the initiatives to help achieve this.
Watch the video below to learn more about smart solutions to reducing salt without compromising taste.