'''Umami''' je prijatan ukus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/7195114/Umami-in-a-tube-fifth-taste-goes-on-sale-in-supermarkets.html |date = 9. February2. 2010. |title=Umami in a tube: 'fifth taste' goes on sale in supermarkets |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |author=Heidi Blake |accessdate=10 February2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/umami |title=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary |publisher=Cambridge University Press |accessdate = 1. January1. 2011.}}</ref><ref name=umamiMW>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/umami |title=Merriam-Webster English Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated |accessdate = 1. January1. 2011.}}</ref> koji je jedan od pet [[Укус#Пет укуса|osnovnih ukusa]], zajedno sa [[ukus|slatkim]], [[ukus|kiselim]], [[ukus|gorkim]], i [[slano|slanim]]. ''Umami'' je pozajmljena reč iz japanskog ({{jez-jap-lat|うま味}}) sa značenjem „prijatan ukus“.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C |title=EDICT's entry for ''umami'' |author=Jim Breen |accessdate = 31. December12. 2010.}}</ref> Ljudski jezik ima receptore za [[Glutaminska kiselina|-{L}--glutamat]], koji je izvor umami ukusa.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15819485 -{Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter ... and Umami, NPR}-]</ref>
== Reference ==
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== Literatura ==
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* Flavor Chemistry: Thirty Years of Progress By Roy Teranishi, Emily L. Wick, Irwin Hornstein; Article: Umami and Food Palatability, by Shizuko Yamaguchi and Kumiko Ninomiya. ISBN 0-306-46199-4
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== Spoljašnje veze ==
* [http://www.umamiinfo.com/ -{Umami Information Centre}-]
* [http://www.glutamate.org/ -{International Glutamate Information Service}-]
