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Kikunae Ikeda



Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗 Ikeda Kikunae, October 8,1864 – May 3,1936) was a Tokyo Imperial University professor in Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical root behind a taste he named umami. He discovered that the common component that produced the flavour of meat, seaweed and tomatoes was glutamate, which produces the sensation of umami.



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