Humans perceive five basic taste sensations: sweet, umami, bitter, salty, and sour. Specific foods trigger taste recognition of these sensations through the activation of different receptors in ...

Sprinkling a little salt on some mango or grapefruit doesn’t seem like something that would make it taste nicer and yet ...

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

Despite being on opposite ends of the flavor spectrum, sweet and salty flavors can be strategically combined to influence sensory perception in the brain, helping reduce salt and sugar intake ...

A new study suggests that losing your sense of taste especially for salty and sour foods may be linked to early death.