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Umame is the Japanese name for the taste sensation produced by monosodium glutamate. This is one of the five basic tastes.

Also spelt "umami" as, for example, in the title of the "Society for Research on Umami Taste" at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/srut/index_e.html.

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