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Umami (/uËmÉËmi/), a savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes (together with sweetness, sourness, bitterness, and saltiness). A loanword from the Japanese (ãã¾å³) , umami can be translated as pleasant savory taste.This particular writing was chosen by Professor Kikunae Ikeda from umai (ãã¾ã) delicious and mi (å³) taste. The kanji æ¨å³ are used for a more general sense of a food as delicious.mami enhances the palatability of a wide variety of foods. Glutamate in acid form (glutamic acid) imparts little umami taste, whereas the salts of glutamic acid, known as glutamates, can easily ionize and give the characteristic umami taste. GMP and IMP amplify the taste intensity of glutamate.
Umami Rich Foods. Glutamates and nucleotides are primarily responsible for umami flavor and can be found in both meat and vegetables. Foods rich in L-glutamate tend to produce the most umami flavor, most notably meat, fish, cheese, cured foods, and soy sauce.Other foods such as mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, and even green tea can provide a light umami flavor.mami is subtle and can be hard to recognize, but it has a great impact on the sensory experience of eating. Because umami can be so difficult to distinguish, it wasn't fully recognized as the fifth taste sensation by the scientific community until 1985.