Example sentences for: umami

How can you use “umami” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Figures 6and 7show that salts, acids and umami compounds elicited strong responses in both nerves.

  • The five qualities that Lindemann refers to are salty, sour, bitter, sweet, and umami, the last being the Japanese term for a savoury sensation.

  • In October 2003, Zuker and his coworkers reported that mice in which either T1R1 or T1R3 has been knocked out show no preference for monosodium glutamate (MSG), an umami tastant.

  • And umami (the taste of the amino acid glutamate) may flag up protein-rich foods.

  • Zuker, however, believes that the one and only umami receptor is a heterodimer of T1R1 and T1R3.


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