Scientists discovered the sixth taste. What is it?


Many people recognize the five basic tastes as sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami, but scientists claim to have found the sixth. Dr. Emily Liman from the University of Southern California conducted a study and discovered it is ammonium chloride. It is a salt common in some Scandinavian candies that simulates the tongue’s “sourness receptor.”

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