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Please understand the scores vary because of individual specificity and seasonality of samples.

Glutamate is naturally present in most foods, such as meat, seafood and vegetables. Two kinds of nucleotides that contribute most to the umami taste, inosinate and guanylate, are
also present in many foods. Inosinate is found primarily in meat and fish whereas guanylate is more abundant in the mushroom family such as dried shiitake mushrooms. In addition, the
umami scores in foods are found to increase due to maturation. Tomatoes and cured ham are typical of this. Due to maturation, the glutamate in tomatoes increases and reaches its
highest when tomatoes turn very red.

Ingredients G lutamate Inosinate G uanylate

Seaweed Rausu kombu 2290～3380

Ma kombu 1610〜3050
Rishiri kombu 1490〜1900
Hidaka kombu 1260～1340
Naga kombu 240～1400
Nori 170～1350 1～40 3～80
Wakame 2～50

Tea Green tea 17~1490

Vegetables,Beans,Potatoes Tomatoes 150～250

Dried Tomatoes 650～ 1140 10

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Green peas 110
Lotus root 100
Garlic 100
Corn 70～110
Shungiku 80
Soy Beans 30〜70
Fava beans 60～80
Chinese Cabbage 20〜90
Potatoes 30～100
Sweet Potato 60
Spinach 50～70
Carrot 20〜80
Bamboo shoots 14～90
Asparagus 30～50
Daikon 30～70
Cabbage 30～50
Onion 20～50
Green Onion 20～50
Broccoli 30～60
Celery 20～30
Burdock root 2〜20
Ginger 20

Mushrooms Dried shiitake mushroom 1060 150

Shiitake mushroom 70
Shimeji mushroom 140
Enoki Mushroom 90 50（heated）
Common Mushroom 40～110
Truffles 60～80

Seafood Scallop 140

Shrimp/Prawn 120 90
Uni（sea urchin） 100
Japanese littleneck clam 90
Niboshi 40～50 350～800
Katsuobushi 30～40 470～700
Frozen shelled shrimp 15～30
Squid 20～30 0.2
Octopus 20～30
Hamachi 5～9 230～290
Sardine 10～20 280
Tuna 1～10 250～360
Sea Bream 10 180～300
Aji（Horse mackerel） 4～13 270～330
Bonito 1～10 130～270
Sawara 3～11 250～280
Mackerel 10～30 280
Cod 5～10 180
Oyster 40～150 20
Clam 210
Mussel 110
Dried shirasu（Whitebait） 40 240
Anchovies 630 0
Salted squid 620
Caviar 80 0
Ikura 20 2

Egg and Meats Chicken eggs 20

Pork 10 230
Chicken 20～50 150～230
Beef 10 80
Dry-Cured Hams 340

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Dairy Products Parmigiano Regianno

1200～1680
（Italy, hard type）
Emmental Cheese 310
Cheddar Cheese 180

Fermented Products Natto 140

Nampla 950
Oyster sauce 900
Soy sauce 400～1700
Miso 200～700
Kimchi 240

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