Ankerkraut Umami Ahead!, 210 g

You know the feeling when you cook something delicious and savoury but it is lacking that little something? But what is it? The answer is "umami". Add a dash of Umami Ahead! to give just the right spicy boost and finishing touch to your salads and meat, fish or vegetables dishes. It includes the finely balanced flavours of celery seeds, jalapeño, parsnips, porcini mushroom powder and tomato powder to add the perfect umami touch.

What is umami?

Most of us recognise the four main flavours - sweet, salty, sour and bitter. The fifth flavour is umami - the word is Japanese in origin and can be loosely translated to mean "delicious". Foods such as ripe tomatoes, mushrooms, celery seeds, meat or cheese can be said to have a umami flavour.