## Metadata - Author: [[Veronique Greenwood]] - Full Title: The Man Who Discovered Umami - Category: #articles - Summary: For centuries, humanity lived with the concept of sweet, salty, bitter and sour – but another flavour was hiding on the sidelines, writes Veronique Greenwood. - URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190503-the-mystery-taste-that-always-eluded-us ## Full Document [[Reading/Readwise/Full Document Contents/Articles/The Man Who Discovered Umami|See full document content →]] ## Highlights - A great deal of the recognition for Ikeda’s insights probably came from the discovery, about 20 years ago, that [there are specific receptors in taste buds that pick up on amino acids](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature726). Multiple research groups have now reported on these receptors, which are tuned to specifically stick onto glutamate and the other umami molecules that create synergistic effects. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h7k4k4b5kjekwdtw5qvkhaxm))