Kikunae Ikeda
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Japanese chemist
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Why Is Kikunae Ikeda Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami. It is one of the five basic tastes along with sweet, bitter, sour and salty.
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