• Question: What exactly is a supertaster

    Asked by Beaker to Yvonne, Yannis, Gonzalo, Golnaz, Elaine, Ciara on 9 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Ciara O'Donovan

      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      People who are supertasters experience taste with a far greater intensity than other people.

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      Ioannis Zabetakis answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      A supertaster is a person who experiences the sense of taste with far greater intensity than average, with some studies showing an increased sensitivity to bitter tastes. It may be a cause of selective eating, but selective eaters are not necessarily supertasters, and vice versa.

    • Photo: Gonzalo Delgado-Pando

      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      If you were a supertaster you will taste the things a lot and that can be good or bad, imagine eating something you don’t like but with the taste increased by 3 or more!
      Supertasters have more cells able to get more taste

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