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Science Buddies: Old Salty: Does Age Affect the Ability to Detect Salt?

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Sauerkraut, pickled fish, pickled vegetables, kimchi, corned beef, processed cheeses, smoked lunch meats. Do you like these high-salt foods? What about your grandparents, do they? Do your grandparents seem to like most foods to be a bit saltier than you do? Try this science fair project if you want to find out more about the incredible, edible rock known as salt, and why people vary in how much of it they like to eat.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)