This is the flavour we love in our ‘ moreish ’ foods like Chinese and pizza !
Western scientists have only recently recognised it as the " fifth taste ", after salt , sweet , sour and bitter .
Studies confirmed just a few years ago that our mouths contain taste receptors for this ‘ moreish ’ savoury taste .
The ten main foods we find natural Umami in are :
1 . |
Parmesan cheese |
2 . |
Tomatoes |
3 . |
Mushrooms |
4 . |
Kombu seaweed |
5 . |
Sweetcorn & carrots |
6 . |
Beef , chicken & pork |
7 . |
Soy sauce |
8 . |
Black olives |
9 . |
Asparagus |
10 . Some types of fish . |
We discovered that all of our favourite recipes had some Umami foods in them !