The four basic tastes plus the proposed fifth taste listed in the text are
A) sweet, salt, sour, bitter, and umami.
B) salt, metallic, acid, milky, and umami.
C) acid, salt, meaty, umami, and bitter.
D) bitter, metallic, waxy, umami, and milky.

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The four basic tastes are commonly recognized as sweet, salt, sour, and bitter, and the fifth taste, umami, has been proposed and accepted by some. Option A correctly lists all five tastes.

The Four Basic Tastes Plus the Proposed Fifth Taste Listed