On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 5:14:41 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I always had the i pression that umami was an idea or a pleasant
> > impression,
> > or a feeling, not an actual physical product. I don't know where that
> > idea came
> > from.
>
> Same here. I guess we learn something every day

It's marketing hyperbole. "Umami paste" is a combination of foods
that are high in the amino acids that produce the umami taste (for
which scientists have found receptors on the tongue).

Like "bed in a bag". You don't get an actual bed in a bag.

Cindy Hamilton