You aren't just craving mac and cheese and creamy mashed potatoes because they sound tasty. You actually love the taste of starch.
Along with salty, sour, sweet, bitter and umami, "starchy" could be the next officially recognized taste.
At least, that's the thinking behind a study led by Oregon State University's Juyun Lim. When she served volunteers different carbohydrates, they were able to taste starch in both long and short carbohydrate chains.
“Asians would say it was rice-like, while Caucasians described it as bread-like or pasta-like. It’s like eating flour," Lim tells New Scientist. Read more...
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