Table 2. Foods with umami taste globally

Meat and animal-based foods Continent Food with umami taste Local name Country
North and South America Bacon USA
Dried alpaca meat Charqui Peru
Dried cod Bracalhau Brazil
Asia Soy paste, soy sauce, fish/shrimp Doenjiang, Gangjiang, Jeotgal Korea
Dried fish Shutki Bangladesh
Fish sauce Nuoc mam Vietnam
Shrimp paste Belacan Malaysia
Fish/shrimp paste Bagoong Phillipines
Fish paste Prahok, Tuk Trey Combodia
Fish sauce Nampla Thailand
Shrimp paste Tempe, Terasi Indonesia
Europe Beef extract UK
Cured ham Throughout Europe
Long aged cheese Throughout Europe
Dried alpaca meat Peru
Smoked mackerel Makrela wedzona Poland
Sausage Kielbasa Poland
Fish sauce Garum Italy
Africa Shrimp paste Shito Ghana
Ground cray fish Nigeria
Data from Strange Maps (2023).