We’ve all heard of the five tastes our tongues can detect — sweet, sour, bitter, savory-umami and salty. But the real number is actually six, because we have two separate salt-taste systems. One of ...

Prairie Fare: Add umami taste sensation to your menus "You must not like the umami taste," I commented to my 8-year-old daughter when she wrinkled her nose at the casserole. "'Oo-whaty'?" she asked, ...

The news of a hot chili sauce shortages earlier this year—due to high temperatures and drought in agricultural regions—prompted warnings to stock up on supplies or forego adding this flavor to your ...

Humans perceive five basic taste sensations: sweet, umami, bitter, salty, and sour. Specific foods trigger taste recognition of these sensations through the activation of different receptors in our ...

'e-Taste' analyzes food flavor profiles and tries to copy it using a concoction of chemicals pushed through a gel. By Mack DeGeurin Published Feb 28, 2025 2:00 PM EST Image: Malte Mueller / Getty ...

Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions ...

The umami taste could have an important and beneficial role in overall and oral health, according to research published in the journal Flavour (January 26, 2015). The taste quality of umami is ...

In a recent study published in npj Science of Food, researchers developed VirtuousMultiTaste, a machine-learning tool to distinguish between sweet, umami, and bitter tastes based on a compound's ...

Dark chocolate is considered more healthy than other types of chocolate to which milk and larger amounts of sugar may be added, such as milk chocolate. Image by Simon A. Eugster (CC BY-SA 3.0) Dark ...

Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches, and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions ...