Whether or not animals can taste basic or alkaline food and how they do it has remained a mystery until now. A research group led by Yali Zhang, Ph.D., principal investigator at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, recently addressed this question, as they similarly did for sour taste in 2021 on the lower end of the pH scale…. read full story
“Detecting the alkaline pH of food is an advantageous adaptation that helps animals avoid consuming toxic substances,”
