Laura Santtini Taste No. 5 Umami Bomb Tomato Paste (Case of 12)

Very nice addition to stews, stir-frys, etc. Not quite as potent as you would hope for the price - you need to add quite a bit to alter the flavor profile of the dish, but the result is very good.

This is so great. If you like big flavor, it's 1000x better than blah tomato paste. My only issue is that I could eat it by the spoonful, and it's a bit pricey for that :)But what a great booster for my recipes!

use these products all the time and give them out as gifts.if you're a cook, this a must have

I was excited when I saw Umami Bomb and ordered it immediately. It seemed tailor-made for us; we love strong umami-rich flavors. We love and extensively use the individual ingredients of the paste. When it arrived, I first tried it in a cauliflower stew. It added a nasty, extremely unpleasant flavor that both of us hated. I had to fish out the cauliflower and add a can of tomatoes, wine, and garlic and cook that down before I was able to mask the Umami Bomb's nasty taste. The next time I proceeded more cautiously. I added a tiny amount to a sauce for fish. Again, it's flavor was very very unpleasant. I tried rubbing it on fish and I tried rubbing it on chicken; both were horrible. Finally, I tried putting it in hummus as the manufacturer recommends; it ruined the hummus. I gave up and threw the rest out.To put my remarks in context: I'm a professional food writer, recipe developer, and recipe tester. I tried so many different ways of using the Umami Bomb because I really really wanted to like it and write about it. Sadly, I couldn't do either.

Good stuff only negative it only has 30 days once opened. I'll have to throw half a tube away.

I used this product in a recipe for chicken fried rice. It did add flavor. I want to try it on my pasta sauce.

Love this stuff! Give it as gifts it is so great. Adds great flavor to sauces and easy to use and have on hand.

I love the flavors of this umami paste so much. It's kind of crazy expensive, but I have never tasted anything else like it, so I keep buying it.