CHANGING TASTE
Dear HIW,
Do foods taste different when you’re an adult compared to when you’re a child? There are so many foods I used to hate but now quite like. Dorian White
This is a very common experience, and could be due to the differences in children’s and adults’ taste buds. These clusters of sensory cells detect different flavours. As children, more of our taste buds detect sweet tastes. This can make us more sensitive to bitter tastes when we are younger. Some of the foods you like now may have tasted much more bitter when you first tried them!