On 2010-03-18, sf wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:17:10 +0000, Adam Funk >
> wrote:
>
>> I finally got a tube of "Taste No 5 Umami Paste" from Waitrose (UK
>> supermarket).
>
> How much did this set you back?

£2.99.

>> Ingredients: "Tomato purée, garlic, anchovy paste (anchovies, salt,
>> sunflower oil), black olive, balsamic vinegar, porcini mushrooms,
>> parmesan cheese, olive oil, vinegar, sugar salt" (i.e., no MSG as such
>> but plenty of natural sources of glutamates[1]); "Produced in Italy
>> for Easy Tasty Magic by Gia SPA".
>>
> It has to taste better than Marmite and Vegemite, but why call a
> tomato based product Umami? Just shows what a fad umami is now to
> quantify something like that.

Probably. (ITYM "qualify".)


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