Umami taste is universal,as the fifth taste following sweetness, sourness, saltiness, and bitterness
in the year.. 1907 by Dr. Kikuyu Na Mie Ikeda discovered "umami," the researchers flavor of soup made from seaweed kombu and discovered that glutamate (glutamate) is an important component that affects the taste. Japan's soup He was named flavors such as "umami.