What Causes the ‘Taste’ of Different Foods and How Is It Detected?

Taste is like a message your food sends to your brain. Your tongue has tiny taste buds, which are like little message receivers. When you eat something, it sends a special signal to these taste buds, and they tell your brain what the food tastes like, sweet, sour, salty, bitter, or umami (which is kind of like savory). Different foods send different messages because they have different chemicals in them.