Dietary Salt and Health: UMAMI Seasoning as an Attempt to Reduce Salt Intake

Andrea Wakita¹, Nobuko Sarukura¹, Yasuko Kimura¹, Saiko Shikanai¹, Tamami Iwamoto¹, Hisayuki Uneyama² and Shigeru Yamamoto^1*

¹Asian Nutrition and Food Culture Research Center, Jumonji University, Saitama, Japan, E-mail: wakita_andrea@ajinomoto.com

²Umami Wellness Research Group, Frontier Research Laboratories, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Kanagawa, Japan, E-mail: wakita_andrea@ajinomoto.com

^*Corresponding Author: Shigeru Yamamoto, Asian Nutrition and Food Culture Research Center, Jumonji University, 2-1-28 Sugasawa, Japan, Tel: +81-48-260-7613