Tag: Flavour enhancer
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E627 – Disodium guanylate
E627 (disodium guanylate) is a GMP-based flavour enhancer used to boost umami, usually together with MSG or inosinate. It is permitted in the EU and US, but graded ORANGE because purine metabolism can matter for gout, hyperuricemia, and uric‑acid kidney stones.
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E631 – Disodium inosinate
E631 (disodium inosinate) is a flavour enhancer that boosts umami taste, often used in instant noodles, snack seasonings and stock cubes. Regulators allow it and JECFA assigns a group ADI not specified for inosinate salts, indicating low toxicity at normal use. Our grade is ORANGE – SOME CONCERNS because inosinate is a purine nucleotide that…