Why do people like strange salty-sweet combination of flavors Bashny.Net

Salt plus sugar in one dish should not we like it because of the opposition of tastes, but nevertheless, it vkusno



The language a person has receptors that can distinguish four main types of taste - sweet, salty, bitter and sour (in Japan and other Asian countries to allocate more and the fifth taste - the so-called umami, which dish confer some food additives such as monosodium glutamate).

Many people mistakenly believe that the perception of tastes correspond to different parts of the language, but in fact, its entire surface is able to feel the flavors. The combination of sweet and salty like most people because of the particular signals to the brain in recognizing these flavors language.



As explained Barb Stuckey, an expert on food and designer tastes:

«Sweet foods we like, because, as a rule, it is a source of energy and calories required for normal body functioning and salty attractive because it allows to replenish vital supplies of sodium ions and chloride ions. The combination of these two factors converts food with salt and sugar in the present treat ».

blockquote> By the way, the salt not only gives the dish a distinct taste, but also interacts with the receptor language, responsible for the perception of bitter and sour, thus enhancing flavors.

By the way, taste preferences and the pleasure of eating is not exclusively determined by physiological processes, but also the higher mental activities. As stated in an article for «Smithsonian Magazine» journalist Tom Vanderbilt: "Due to some peculiarities of the brain, the more we are faced with any taste, the more we like it", with Vanderbilt points out that mainly concerned the complex mixed flavors.

via factroom.ru