Look up: umami

1. Umami
   The fifth primary element of taste, accompanying yet independent of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Known as the taste associated with glutamate and monosodium glutamate, umami is the Japanese word for 'delicious' or 'savory' but is regarded as broth-like or meaty tasting in Western cultures. The um...
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2. Umami
   Umami: The taste of substances such as glutamate and monosodium glutamate (MSG) that are found in foods like bouillon and other stocks. Umami is the fifth primary element of taste. The other four are sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. It was discovered in 1907 by Kikunae Ikeda. Umami is the Japanese word for delicious flavor.
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3. umami
   (from the article `food additive`) ...as the amino acid L-glutamate, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) became the first flavour enhancer to be used commercially. The rich flavour ...
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4. umami
   umami: see taste.
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5. Umami
   `Umami` , popularly referred to as `savoriness`,-->-->--> is one of the five basic tastes together with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Umami is a title=EDICT`s entry for umami |author=Jim Breen |accessdate=31 December 2010-->--> This particular writing was chosen by Professor Kikunae ...
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