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Kikunae Ikeda

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Gender Male
Death87 years ago
Date of birth October 8,1864
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Kyoto
Kyoto Prefecture
Japan
Date of died May 3,1936
DiedTokyo
Japan
NationalityJapanese
Job Professor
Chemist
Education The University of Tokyo
Kaisei Academy
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ID641973
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Kikunae Ikeda Life story


Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami. It is one of the five basic tastes along with sweet, bitter, sour and salty.

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