How many universally accepted basic tastes can the human tongue distinguish?
Correct answer: Five
Timoteo
English is limited here. Umami is affected by salt but it is not just "saltiness". Savory includes saltiness as well as other flavors. It's hard to define.
Shariff
what taste is savory?
WeeverBeezle
There are 4 tastes. Umami is the way the four tastes mix to create flavor, but it is not a flavor on it's own.
KittyA9
WeeverBeezle, I agree! This answer is bogus.
Tajra
Umami is more meaty☺
D O N N A
I have suffered with Burning Mouth Syndrome & most things now have no taste to me.
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Sharon,
salt added to savory makes the flavor better.
Blinky
Umami is also what you taste in meat. Not sweet, sour, salty or bitter, but definitely an undistinguishable taste.
Shariff
d.h. I learned 4. savory is salty!!