DSM Food Specialties Builds High Umami Taste Foundation

Gistex HUM LS provides an intense and complex umami taste perception and powerful bouillon taste to a wide range of savoury applications.

05/11/08 DSM Food Specialties has announced the launch of Gistex HUM LS. A natural yeast extract, Gistex HUM LS provides an intense and complex umami taste perception and powerful bouillon taste to a wide range of savoury applications. It offers a consistently high quality, rounded savoury taste foundation on which to build and create distinctive culinary products.

Commenting on the launch, Claudia Cascia, Product Manager Yeast Extracts DSM Food Specialties, said: “By combining savoury taste with umami impact, Gistex HUM LS is the ideal starting point in the development of full-flavoured products.  It is extremely versatile and suitable for a wide range of savoury applications from gravies and sauces to ready meals and snacks. It is completely natural and label-friendly, with no added MSG or nucleotides.

“Gistex HUM LS forms the first step in our unique building block approach which enables us to assemble individual taste profiles according to customer requirements. Gistex HUM LS offers a powerful and reliable taste foundation.  We then draw on our portfolio of yeast extract based ingredients to provide a specific culinary taste direction, impact and mouthfeel. With the potential to provide all these advantages, Gistex HUM LS is a highly effective ingredient in the development of great tasting culinary creations.”

A low sodium, natural yeast extract, Gistex HUM LS is derived from the extracts of primary grown baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gistex HUM LS is also allergen free and vegetarian, plus Kosher and Halal certified.