Skip to content
Stuff You Should Know

Selects: How Umami Works!

Stuff You Should Know

0:00,0
10 min
0:00
2:00
4:00
0:00 15:00 30:00
1x

For millennia humans have recognized four tastes, but in the 1980s a fifth taste first isolated in Japan gained worldwide acceptance - and took off like a rocket! Learn about meaty, musty, savory umami in this classic episode.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.