Today we did a lab where we experimented with the tastes of different carbohydrates. Included in our carbohydrates were sucrose, glucose (dextrose), fructose, galactose, maltose, lactose, starch, and cellulose. The listed carbohydrates are a combination of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. We found that for the most part, monosaccharides taste sweetest, and polysaccharides taste the least sweet. The more rings the sugar structure had, the less sweet it was.
I found that the fructose tasted a lot like a lot of candy, maltose tasted like malted candy (Maltesers, Whoppers), lactose tasted like milk, and galactose tasted like frosted cornflakes. Cellulose tasted like paper - which makes a lot of sense as paper comes from trees, which are made of cellulose.
According to Kids Health, we can taste foods because of our taste buds - sensory organs that completely cover the tongue. Live Science says that in every taste bud, there are between 50 to 100 receptors for each taste, which allow us to taste.
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