Broccoli that tastes like brownies!
Veggie loathers, listen up!
Scientists have created a sweet solution for those of us who aren’t keen on eating our greens; a device that tricks our tastebuds into thinking we’re eating something else.
The flavour-faking device could make even bland food taste delicious!
The sweet piece of tech, dubbed the ‘Taste Buddy’, works by heating up the ‘sweet channel’ in our tongue. When the channel is heated, it tells the brain that we’re tasting something sweet – thus hoodwinking our tastebuds!
The hope is that the tasty invention will help people to eat more healthily, while still enjoying the flavours of the foods they love. Just imagine, broccoli that tastes like brownies!
Professor Adrian Cheok – the lead scientist on the project – and his family put the invention to the test!
It’s even thought that it could help developing countries that have limited access to sugar due to high costs and drought — now that’s what we call sweet science.
It could be 20 years before the gadget hits the high street, but you can test prototypes of the device for yourself at The Big Bang Fair 2017 on the 15-18 March in Birmingham — the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for kids who love learning, just like you!
What food flavours would you like to change? Let us know by leaving a comment below!
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Lorrie B.
Everything should taste like bacon!
joshua
cool
OOOH
imagine if your carrots tasted of bubblegum and you could blow carrot bubbles
LP
I would like broccoli tasting as sphaghetti.
katelynn
I would like you to change your flavor of mushrooms
i would like it if green beans could taste like cookies
haylee mansson
mushroom. make mushroom taste like jaffas
ahmad
i want to change the carrot to cola candy
liongirl
Cant wait to try this out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deja
wow i cant wait
Tulliahanjani13456
cool but i like broccoli
Lolli
The taste of cheese to chocolate
Abigail12345
That is so cool I cant wait for this
xxx_Timmy_xxx
But i love broccoli, i hate brownies!
Lola7
I would like cabbage to taste like bubblegum because I dont like cabbage.
ani,
i dont really like broccoli that much so yaaaaaaay
Isabella Mcmurchi
sweet i hate broccoli so this would be for me.
chloecatz888
Id like fish to taste like chicken
Bea321
i would like to make salmon taste like vanilla cupcakes
Daniel_A
I would like to change tomatoes for the taste of grapes!
RogerH
How about the reverse, make things which are bad for you taste horrible ... but then Im an adult ;o)
tsd163
wicked and weird
Jaffa cake
No more brussel sprouts!
Ckck1145
Awesome!! If I had one I would make spinach taste like sherbet
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