Umami Taste Accelerators - Scelta Mushrooms

Umami Range

Scelta Taste Accelerators

Our Umami range of Scelta Taste Accelerators (STA) has been developed to modify or increase the intensity of the perceived taste in your application with no taste of its own. The basis is formed by mushrooms rich in glutamate and the ribonucleotides: inosinate and guanylate. Combined, these give an umami synergy and function as a strong natural taste enhancer.

Our unique range of products can express, enhance and balance the overall flavour profile of your products.

Deepens, enriches and provides long-lasting taste
Masks bitter / metallic tastes
Perfect way of reducing sodium content
Natural alternative to MSG/I + G/HVP
Clear & clean label: natural umami flavour

Did you know? Umami is originally a Japanese word meaning “pleasant savoury taste”.

STA

The Scelta Taste Accelerator (STA) can be used as a general flavour enhancer, MSG substitute and sodium reducer in all kinds of savoury products. These range from sauces and soups to ready meals. Generally, an addition of only 0.15% to 0.30% is sufficient to create a 'salt substitute' effect. It is possible to reduce the sodium content by up to 50%.

STA CC

The Scelta Taste Accelerator CC (STA CC) is developed to improve taste and flavour profiles, especially when reducing salt. CC stands for Calcium Chloride (CaCL2), which has the same effects as salt without the disadvantages of sodium. Typical applications are: bread, meat, chips, nuts and savoury biscuits.

STA DC

The Scelta Taste Accelerator dried concentrate (STA DC) is dried without carrier. With a special drying method, we concentrate our mushroom concentrate into a powder. Because of this concentration, you only need half the dosage of a normal STA, resulting in a double umami strength. Perfect for seasonings and meat(less) applications and more!

Available in various sizes

The Scelta Taste Accelerator (STA) can be used as a general flavour enhancer, MSG substitute and sodium reducer in all kinds of savoury products. These range from sauces and soups to ready meals. Our technical support team is ready to assist with tailored advice and to help develop specific applications to meet your needs.

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General Questions

What's the difference between taste and flavour?

At first glance these two words seem to indicate the same effect food has on the person enjoying something good to eat. Consumers and the food industry often use these words interchangeably, however they are different. Flavour refers to the smell and to the texture of food, as well as the taste of food. Taste is what takes place in your mouth when food or drink make a connection with your taste buds. These taste receptors recognize the basic tastes of sweet, sour, bitter salty and umami.

Taste is one of the body’s five senses, but it does not include the sense of smell and that is a big part of what makes each flavour unique. Flavour is the fulfilling experience of taste and aroma combining together with the texture of some foods. Aroma plays a significant part of the sensory experience through flavour.

How to improve taste / flavour with STA?

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Can I replace MSG/I+E/YE completely?

What is the shelf life of the STA products?

Does sterilization have an impact on the product efficacy?

Does your product contain anything else than mushrooms?

How can STA be used as a natural taste enhancer?

Which analyses are done on STA?

Sodium Reduction

What's the difference between glutamate and monosodium glutamate?

Glutamate flavouring is a generic name for the flavour-enhancing compounds based on glutamic acid and its salts (glutamates). These compounds provide an umami (savoury) taste to food. There are natural glutamates which occur in its natural form in e.g. tomatoes, fermented soy certain, cheese and of course, mushrooms. You also have highly processed "artificial" glutamate products like MSG.

If I use the STA can I remove salt completely?

What is the sodium reduction mechanism?

Our Scelta Taste Accelerator products work as a natural flavour enhancer. The product is made from mushrooms and contains naturally occurring glutamate and guanylate (‘5-GMP). Because of the taste enhancing effect of these components, the salt content of the product will be enhanced as well. That is why you will need less salt in your final product to keep an acceptable perceived saltiness.

Does the product contain any potassium and/or sodium?

Declaration

What are the declaration possibilities?

According to the EU law we can use the following declaration possibilities:

• (natural) mushroom powder

• (natural) mushroom extract

• (natural) mushroom flavour

• And natural flavour.

Note: When you wish to declare the product as using a “natural flavour” if it means that the product doesn’t add any mushroom flavour to the final product. We recommend that you always check any declaration with your countries legislation department, as we can only offer advice.

Is STA organic?

Our products are made from mushrooms. Our Global Gap accredited mushrooms are grown without any pesticides. However, we cannot fully guarantee that there are no pesticides traces in the straw, gypsum, chicken or horse manures which are used to grow the mushrooms. In the USA our product can be labelled as organic. However, in the EU this is not stated due to the growing medium for the mushrooms. Scelta produces all mushrooms and concentrates in the most natural way.

Is STA halal and/or kosher?

Does the products contain Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)?

Are the products suitable for Vegans/ Vegetarians?

What kind of QA certificates/platforms are available?

Our Umami Factory

Instead of wasting them, we let trucks full of mushroom stems travel to Belfeld, the home of the Scelta Umami factory. Here, flavourings are extracted from the remaining mushroom pieces and processed into mushroom concentrate, a completely natural product. It comes in two forms: liquid and powdered. A powdered concentrate is obtained by spray drying, while a liquid concentrate is thickened into various thicknesses for different applications. Perfect for enhancing the taste of many applications in a natural way!