U mami, which means "delicious savory taste" in Japanese, is the relatively new fifth taste, alongside sour, sweet, bitter, and salty. This flavor was identified by Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese ...

First "discovered" over 100 years ago, umami, the fifth taste, is finally getting the attention it so justly deserves. Here's ...

Chemist Kikunae Ikeda, identified it as the source of this peculiar savory taste, and called it "umami." (There are two other compounds – guanylate, and inosinate – that researchers also ...

The mantra of four tastes was repeated — with a few notable exceptions — until a Japanese chemist named Kikunae Ikeda posited in the early 1900s that there might be an unidentified fifth.

Umami, which translates to “delicious savory taste, ” was identified as a distinct flavor in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda. It’s now recognized as the fifth taste, joining sweet ...

It’s also a naturally occurring substance — one that exists in umami-rich foods like tomatoes, seaweed, and cheese. It was discovered in 1908 by a Japanese scientist, Kikunae Ikeda, who was determined ...

Umami, said Koetke, "was first identified by Tokyo scientist Dr. Kikunae Ikeda in 1908 while enjoying a bowl of traditional Japanese seaweed broth called konbu dashi." ...

Umami, which translates to “delicious savory taste, ” was identified as a distinct flavor in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda. It’s now recognized as the fifth taste, joining sweet ...

Umami, which translates to “delicious savory taste, ” was identified as a distinct flavor in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda. It’s now recognized as the fifth taste, joining sweet ...