Flavor enhancers

Definition and uses in the kitchen

Flavor enhancers are additives, or substances used in the food sector to improve the characteristics of finished products; the functions of food additives are numerous (conservation, dye, thickener, etc.) but the flavor enhancers are added with the sole aim of optimizing or enhancing the flavor of the food.

Flavor enhancers, like all food additives, are evaluated and cataloged by the Ministry of Health which, through decrees and regulations, constantly intervenes on the consent or abolition of their use; the evaluation parameter for the "appropriateness of use" of the enhancers of flavor is made up of laboratory tests carried out by research groups of the world scientific community.
The updated legislation allows the addition of the following flavor enhancers: