date:May 20, 2015
last summer before MS picked the farmer in Birchington, on the coast near Margate, to be the supplier for its stores.
Adam Whitehead, MS tomato buyer, says: This unique tomato gives customers a unique sour and savoury taste experience it is both more savoury and more sour than a normal tomato.
Umami is one of the five basic tastes along with sweet, salty, sour and bitter. It takes its name from the Japanese, in which it means pleasant savoury taste.
The umami taste, which comes from a type