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Chem. Senses 27: 845-846, 2002
© Oxford University Press 2002

LETTER

What's in a Name? Are MSG and Umami the Same?

Bruce P. Halpern

Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology and Behavior, Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA

Address correspondence to: Bruce P. Halpern, Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology and Behavior, Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA. e-mail: bph1@cornell.edu

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The Japanese word `umami' has a long past. It was already in use during the Edo period (Tokugawa Shogunate) of Japanese history, which ended in 1868 (Mason, 1993Go). In Japanese, `umami' often connotes a cognitive category (Yamaguchi and Ninomiya, 1998Go) of taste, or perhaps flavor, with definitions that include deliciousness, flavor, relish, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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