Umami Paste with Ginger 150gr Clearspring

Clearspring’s organic Japanese Umami Ginger Paste is a paste that can be added to many dishes to enhance the overall flavor of each dish. Think of it as a natural flavor that will enhance the flavor of any dish.

Traditionally made by adding a Koji culture to rice and allowing it to ferment naturally, Umami is then mixed with soy sauce and ginger to create this incredibly delicious and versatile condiment.

Umami – the fifth flavour!

A spicy, earthy taste reminiscent of mushroom? Neither of these descriptors quite fit the umami flavor. The 5th “Umami” flavor was discovered in 1908 by Japanese chemical scientist Kikunae Ikeda. While tasting a plate of tofu he realized a taste that did not fit any of the four known tastes: sweet, salty, bitter or sour. It was a fifth flavor, which was later named umami. Research on the new flavor led him to identify glutamate, an amino acid component found in abundance in kombu and the main substance of umami. The special capsules that detect it were identified on the tongue in 2000 after biological research.

Ingredients: soy sauce* (47%) (water, soybeans*, wheat*, sea salt), fermented rice* (28%) (rice*, koji [0.001%]), water, ginger* (3%)

*product of organic farming.