By applying a voltage to the lollipop, these chemicals mix with saliva to create realistic taste sensations. This technology could revolutionize virtual experiences, making food shows more immersive and enabling remote tasting for digital shopping.

Researchers envision applications in medical gustation assessments, remote shopping, and mixed reality environments, providing an almost endless array of possible tastes through adjustable voltage.

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Powered chopsticks use electricity to make food taste 50% saltier
Researchers’ electric chopsticks claim to increase perceived saltiness of food.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/electric-chopsticks-stimulate-your-food-to-make-it-taste-50-saltier/?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=ars&utm_source=facebook

On November 14th of this year, the FDA cleared the path for Upside Foods to sell its cell-culture-based chicken products within the US. This is the first product of its kind to be cleared for commercial sale within the Americas, with only Singapore having previously cleared a similar product for sale, back in December of 2020.

With CEO Josh Tetrick of Eat Just projecting price equality between their cultured meat and meat from animals by 2030, could the FDA’s approval herald the dawn of slaughter-free meat? There are obviously still hurdles.

Opinions Remain Divided

It should bear little repetition that not everyone agrees on the need for cultured meat, with alternatives based on plant proteins generally wheeled out as the obvious alternative to meat.

Cannibals with a conscience rejoice: Fake human meat burgers are here
https://www.insider.com/oumph-fake-human-meat-burger-winning-awards-cannes-lions-festival-2022-7?utm_campaign=sf-bi-ti&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com

A plant-based company called Oumph! produced a burger they said tastes like human flesh.
The company advertised the Human Meat Plant-Based Burger around Sweden last year during Halloween.
“No humans were injured in the development of this product,” the company said.

If you’re vegetarian or don’t eat beef, you are probably already familiar with Impossible. Impossible meat tastes like beef and cooks like beef while being plant-based. They achieved this with significant R&D and a few special patents. But if you don’t want to pay Impossible prices, [Sauce Stash] has been trying to recreate some of the tricks that Impossible uses. (Video, embedded below.)

The Secrets to making Impossible Meat at HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQc77T9Bp2I

The Japanese people love their salt, perhaps as much as Americans love their sugar high fructose corn syrup and caffeine. But none of these are particularly good for you. Although humans do need some salt in their diets to continue existing, the average Japanese person may be eating too much of it on a regular basis — twice the amount recommended by the World Health Organization, according to Reuters. Cue the invention of electric chopsticks, which provide salty flavor without the actual sodium.

No, you won’t get shocked — not even a fresh 9 V to the tongue’s worth. The tips of the chopsticks are made of something food-safe and conductive, and one is wired to a bracelet that contains a small computer. Using a weak current, the chopsticks transmit sodium ions from the food to the tongue, which increases the perceived saltiness by 1.5x. The device was co-created by a Meiji University professor and a Japanese beverage maker, who hope to commercialize it sometime next year.

Japan researchers develop electric chopsticks to enhance salty taste
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/japan-researchers-develop-electric-chopsticks-enhance-salty-taste-2022-04-19/