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Spices and perfumes – driving forces of humans

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Umami is one <strong>of</strong><br />

the five basic tastes<br />

together with<br />

sweet, sour, bitter,<br />

<strong>and</strong> salty. Umami is<br />

a loanword from<br />

the Japanese<br />

umami (うまみ ? )<br />

1908 scientist<br />

Kikunae Ikeda found<br />

that glutamate was<br />

in the broth from<br />

kombu seaweed.<br />

The taste <strong>of</strong> kombu<br />

dashi was distinct<br />

from sweet, sour,<br />

bitter <strong>and</strong> salty. <strong>and</strong><br />

named it umami.<br />

Umami <strong>–</strong> the 5th sense

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