Ingredients such as acidifiers, buffering agents, sweeteners and nutritional components must be carefully balanced to deliver the nutrition, function and flavor consumers love.
The food industry has been wrongly accused as a contributing factor in delivering food high in dietary lipids linked to health problems. In fact, the industry has acted responsively -- once scientific consensus has been reached.
Looking broadly at Chinese cooking, the flavor secrets that stand out are soy, garlic, ginger, onion, white pepper, rice wine and sesame oil (from black sesame).
