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Umami

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006582

A primary element of taste, accompanying yet independent of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Umami is the Japanese word for 'delicious' or 'savory' but is regarded as broth-like or meaty tasting in Western cultures. This taste detects the presence of glutamate.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006582
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoFlavor; Monosodium glutamate
TranslationsSpanish: umami
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006582",
  "term": "Umami",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A primary element of taste, accompanying yet independent of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Umami is the Japanese word for 'delicious' or 'savory' but is regarded as broth-like or meaty tasting in Western cultures. This taste detects the presence of glutamate.",
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "flavor",
    "monosodium glutamate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "umami"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/umami/"
}

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