The product has a special sweet taste, sweeter than sugar, 1.6 times of glycine, is the sweetest amino acid. Alanine is a nonessential amino acid for human body, but it can produce reversible transformation with pyruvate, which is related to glucose metabolism and is a very important substance in physiological process. Mainly used as food additives, can be used alone, can also be made with sodium glutamate compound seasoning, its biggest sales is sweet compound seasoning. It is mainly used as an additive for pickles and sweet pickles. In addition, it is also used as an additive for vinegar, soy sauce and fruit juice, with a general dosage of 0.1% - 0.5%. Its main function is to improve the flavor and taste of food, maintain the primary color, and also provide sweet source. DL alanine is also used as a pharmaceutical intermediate.