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S. No
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Tastes
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Taste Subastance
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Common Foods
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Contains
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1
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Sweet
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Sucrose Fructose Glucose
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Sugar, Honey and candy
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Energy Intake (Carbohydrates)
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2
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Salty
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Sodium Chloride
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Viegar, lemons, limes and yogurt
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Mineral Intake (Sodium and potassium)
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|
3
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Sour
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Acetic, Critic and Lactic acids
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Salt
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Harmful Alarm (Decomposition)
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|
4
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Bitter
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Caffeine, Alkaloids and Momordicin
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Coffee, bitter melon and chacolates
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Harmful Alarm (Toxins)
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5
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Umami
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Glutamate, Inosinate and Guanylate
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Tomatoes, Cheese, Meat, Fish and Dried Shitake mushrooms
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Proteins (Amino acids)
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