Influences of strongly seasoned home meal replacements upon sense of taste

家庭膳食替代品（或HMR）最近变得非常流行，并且它们的品种被广泛用作日常膳食的一部分。据说HMR的营养平衡差，含有过多的食品添加剂，并且还具有强烈的调味味道。本研究旨在了解高盐米饭的口味特点，以及人们对高盐米饭的态度和口味，分析了高盐米饭（米饭、主菜、配菜和汤）中所含的作为盐、糖和味精的含量，并与家常菜进行了比较。人们使用HMR是因为它们快捷方便，但认为家常菜味道更好，他们更喜欢家常菜。然而，在感官评价中，主要目的是比较HMR和自制菜肴的味道，他们更喜欢HMR的味道。他们判断自制菜肴的味道，这些菜肴实际上比HMR的盐含量少一半，比HMR的咸。HMR含有较高量的味精，所以味精可能会掩盖咸味。

Home meal replacements (or HMRs) have become very popular recently, and varieties of them are widely used as a part of everyday meal. HMRs are said to have bad nutritional balance, contain too much food additives, and also have strongly seasoned taste. The purpose of this study is to know the characteristics of the taste of HMRs, as well as people's attitude and taste to HMRs.The contents of taste ingredients such as salt, sugar, and MSG contained in HMRs (rice dishes, main dishes, side dishes, and soups) were analyzed and compared to those of home made dishes.HMRs showed higher concentrations of salt, MSG, and sugar than those in home made dishes. People use HMRs because they are quick and convenient, but think that home made dishes taste better and they prefer home made dishes. However with the sensory evaluations whose main purpose laid in comparison of taste of HMRs and home made dishes, they rather preferred taste of HMRs. They judged taste of home made dishes, which actually had less than half amount of salt comparing to HMRs, more salty than HMRs. HMRs contained higher amount of MSG, so MSG might mask saltiness.