Taste

umami: Japanese for “delicious taste, enhances the saltiness of a product. kokumi: Japanese for “rich taste, heightens the sensation of other flavors....

Taste refers to our five sensitivities — sweet, sour, salt, bitter, and umami — while flavor is a "hedonic" sense involving smell, texture, and expect...

Olfactory receptors refer to any of the specialized, nucleated cells of the mucous membrane of the nose that serve as the receptors for smell while gu...

The main difference between olfactory and gustatory receptors is that the olfactory receptors are responsible for the sense of smell whereas the gusta...