Kikunae Ikeda

Kikunae Ikeda
池田 菊苗
Born
Kikunae Ikeda

8 October 1864
Genji era Kyoto, Japan
Died3 May 1936 (aged 71)
Tokyo, Japan
EducationTokyo Imperial University

Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗, Ikeda Kikunae; 8 October 1864 – 3 May 1936) 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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