Adding 1 Mushroom-Derived Molecule to Salt Can Make It Taste 71% Saltier
Science Alert · 10 Oct 2026

Adding 1 Mushroom-Derived Molecule to Salt Can Make It Taste 71% Saltier

You taste a bowl of soup and reach for the salt. A little more might bring the flavor together. But what if the same amount of salt could deliver a stronger salty taste? Scientists in China have found three tiny fragments of mushroom proteins that did just that in laboratory tests. Added to salt sol


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