Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda first proposed umami as a basic taste—in addition to sweet, sour, salty and bitter—in the early 1900s. About eight decades later, the scientific community officially agreed with him.
  • cnnrduncan@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Umami is just a Japanese neologism for savoury. In my food science course at uni the two terms are used interchangeably.