Knowable Magazine on Nostr: We’ve all heard of the five tastes — sweet, sour, bitter, savory-umami & salty. ...

We’ve all heard of the five tastes — sweet, sour, bitter, savory-umami & salty. But the real number is actually six, because we have two separate salt-taste systems:

1️⃣ Detects the attractive, relatively low levels of salt that make potato chips taste delicious
2️⃣ Registers high levels of salt — enough to make overly salted food offensive and deter overconsumption

👅 Learn more: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/salt-taste-surprisingly-mysterious?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=rerun&utm_campaign=reruns
👅 Lea en español: https://es.knowablemagazine.org/content/articulo/alimentos-ambiente/2023/sabor-salado-es-sorprendentemente-misterioso?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=rerun&utm_campaign=reruns

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