An electric spoon that tricks my brain into tasting salt
by KoreanB_B_Q
An electric spoon that tricks my brain into tasting salt
by KoreanB_B_Q
23 Comments
I suffer from hypertension so salt is often something I don’t get the luxury of enjoying. This spoon, released in Japan by Kirin, uses a mild electrical current to basically stimulate the nerves in the tongue to “taste” saltiness even though there isn’t any actually there.
Does that mean I can cook stuff with zero salt if I’m gonna use this spoon?
What if I want to use a fork tho
Have you used it? I saw a YouTube review on this and the person couldn’t tell the difference but I guess it’s somewhat subjective.
Got a link?
OP uses it on a bowl of soup:
Thats a box
Okay, if you guys have never eaten food in Japan much of the food is very bland. Probably one of the reasons that Japanese people are so healthy. So if a Japanese person is on a low sodium diet, they’re used to eating, very, very little salt. A person like that would probably notice and appreciate the difference that the spoon gives. The average westerner probably eats 10x more salt and probably cant tell the minor difference.
Edit: my point being that a westerner who’s on a very restrictive diet might be able to taste the benefits of the spoon but a food reviewer who’s just a regular person who eats salty foods on the regular, might not.
Fat me hoping they will put out a sugar version soon XD
Do a review
[Have you tried yelling instead?](https://youtu.be/N0TmlK2_n2A?si=4JHXPaTKjN6B9O8x)
Probably just as effective.
my food is done but i forgot to charge my spoon 😞
Ohhhh coooll I saw the tech demos I’m super interested
Placebo Effect
Consider Potassium Chloride as an alternative to salt too
In my old age, I’ve discovered that everything I eat needs more salt. My blood pressure could use a spoon like this.
I thought it was some fancy coke spoon for a second
Hmmm, I would like the opposite, I don’t like the taste of salt
This sub really needs to do something about the blatant shilling.
Strangely enough [I have seen someone review it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyIlpFwyuK8&t=756s), take it with a grain of salt (pun intended)
I can see it making you taste salt that isn’t there, but does that have the same effect of enhancing other flavors?
For example, my favorite cookie recipe has a bit of salt in it, and it actually makes the cookies significantly sweeter tasting. I’ve made the cookies without different amounts and even no salt, and they’re never as sweet.
How does this work? Is it like a specialised current that exclusively makes you taste salt? Because I’ve licked batteries and gotten shocked in a variety of ways and none of it has tasted even remotely salty.
Yikes