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Glossary: umami

It's long been accepted in the Western world that there are four elements of taste: sweet, salty, sour and bitter. In 1908, Tokyo Imperial University researcher Kikunae Ikeda identified a fifth taste that he called 'umami,'

From THE NEW FOOD LOVERS COMPANION, Fourth edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst. Copyright © 2007, 2001, 1995, 1990 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

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