The Industrial Technology Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology has developed flavored salt and seasoning as part of efforts to revitalize the salt industry in the country.In the segment "Game Changer" of "24 Oras" on Friday, Martin Javier reported that the agency aims to develop machines that would hasten salt production and enhance the value of salt by developing flavored salt and seasoning.
The enhance the flavor of salt, the agency used umami tastants that are locally available such as green seaweed or lato, shitake mushrooms, and the head of shrimps or ulo ng hipon.Briones said these ingredients are rich in glutamic acid, which enhances taste or makes food palatable.The first step is to infuse the taste of the tastant in brine solution. Shitake mushrooms are crushed and then subjected to heat.