Source: The Conversation – UK
Have you noticed that something you find absolutely delicious might taste disgusting to someone else? Well nine-year-old Leo from Wigan in the UK wanted to know why that is – and why our taste for certain foods changes?
Leo joined our host Eloise to put his question to taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
In each episode of The Conversation’s Curious Kids, a child joins host Eloise to ask a top researcher their burning question. If you’d like to join in with the experiment in this episode, make sure you have packet of jelly beans or jelly babies to hand!
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This season of The Conversation’s Curious Kids is supported by the University of Southampton in the UK, a world-leading research-intensive university with a global network of international students and campuses in Malaysia and Delhi.
Disclosure statement
Linda Bartoshuk has received funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Credits
This episode of The Conversation’s Curious Kids was hosted and mixed by Eloise Stevens. The producer was Katie Flood and the executive producer was Gemma Ware.
Original source: https://analysis1.mil-osi.com/2026/07/07/why-do-some-foods-taste-good-and-others-taste-horrible/