Kikunae Ikeda
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Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗 Ikeda Kikunae, October 8,1864 – May 3,1936) was a Tokyo Imperial University professor in Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical root behind a taste he named umami. He discovered that the common component that produced the flavour of meat, seaweed and tomatoes was glutamate, which produces the sensation of umami.
He also patented the manufacture of monosodium glutamate.
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