The Flavor Explorer | Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America

The Flavor Explorer: Street Heat

You thrive on excitement and love exploring diverse flavors. This bold blend, inspired by the super-savory quesabirria taco, embodies the spirit of Latin American cuisine while showing how umami can deliver deep, meaty richness with less sodium. You’re all about turning up the flavor—without turning up the salt. Perfect for tortilla chips, tostadas, and culinary adventures.

Vegetarian, contains milk

Tortilla Chips

Avocado Toast

Mac & Cheese

Scrambled Eggs

Marinades for Chicken & Steak

Marinades for Tofu

FEATURED SOLUTIONS

Salt Answer™ CZ

Part of our Salt Answer™ line of solutions that leverage umami and kokumi for reducing sodium, Salt Answer™ CZ works best to improve the salt taste and cheese flavor in cheese-flavored applications.

Palate Perfect™ FL-TM

Our Palate Perfect™ portfolio focuses on improving flavor quality and sensory experience in response to increased supply chain volatility. Palate Perfect™ FL-TM imparts a burst of fresh tomato flavor to add complexity and intensity to tomato-based applications such as tomato-based sauces and soups.

Savorboost™ UM

Our Savorboost™ line of highly functional, technologically advanced yeast-based flavor enhancement systems adds targeted flavor impact across a variety of applications. Savorboost™ UM delivers high umami through glutamate and nucleotide synergy.

WHY WE MADE THIS

Homemade Steak Birria Meat Tacos with Cheese and Sauce

Birria Taco Trends

Birria tacos have experienced a meteoric rise and have a predicted 100+% growth on US restaurant menus over the next four years. (Datassential)

Magnesium Chloride - Ionic Mineral Compound Necessary For Health

Sodium Innovation

Consumers are unaware of how much sodium they are consuming or should be consuming, which pushes the industry to lead with innovation, improving nutrition without compromising taste. (International Food Information Council, 2024)

Various herbs and spices on black background

Taste Technologies

Research demonstrates that you can reduce salt by using taste sensations other than saltiness, such as adding umami, enhancing flavor and aroma with spices, and increasing taste contrast with sourness.

View Additional Culinary Alter Egos:

Dr. Kikunae Ikeda discovered glutamate, one of the twenty amino acids, as the source of this savory taste, founding Ajinomoto Co. in 1909 and launching the first umami seasoning, MSG.

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