Decoding Umami: The Science Behind the Fifth Taste
A Taste Beyond the Basics For most of history, people described taste using four categories: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Then came umami. In 1908, Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda gave this fifth taste its name after identifying a distinct, savory flavor in dashi, a broth made from kombu seaweed. He called it “umami,” roughly translating […]
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