Umami - The Savoury Taste Sensation

Marlies Gruber, 11.01.2022

Umami is one of the five tastes along with sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Here is what umami is all about.

Umami stands for a savoury and meaty taste, it has a harmonising effect, lends depth to our perception of food – it is simultaneously the most pleasant and most complicated taste there is. The term itself is Japanese and roughly translates as "delicious". Umami was only officially recognised as a fifth taste quality in 2002.