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Letter: Taste test

Published 30 November 2011

From Daniel Shamaun

There are currently over 7 billion people on this planet, and almost as many working taste sensors. Do we really need a “magnetic tongue” to do the job for us (5 November, p 23)? Considering food manufacturers are making products for humans, surely the human tongue is the best judge of flavour.

Canterbury, Kent, UK

Issue no. 2841 published 3 December 2011

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