Taste vs Flavor

1. There are 5 main flavour receptors. Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour and Umami.

List some foods fit each of the flavour receptors.  

Bitter	Coffee grapefruit karela Artichokes Broccoli asparagus
Salty	sea salt fish
Sour	sour lollies lemon lime yoghurt feijoa
Sweet	watermelon chocolate cotton candy ice
Umami (savoury)	Egg Chicken Cabbage Fish

Question: Do our taste buds require smell?

Hypothesis:

It tasted like sweet sugar but then when i unblocked my nose it tasted like blueberry

Materials:

Jelly Beans

Your hands

Your nose

Your eyes

Procedure:

1. Blindfold cover your eyes
2. Block nose
3. Put jelly bean in mouth and chew (don’t swallow)
4. Record the flavor you taste
5. Unblock your nose
6. Taste again
7. Then record

Observations:

When i blocked my nose all i could taste was sugar which was disgusting. After i unblocked my nose i could taste the actual flavor which was blueberry

Conclusion:

My hypothesis was right because after I blocked my nose all I could taste was sugar and once I unblocked my nose it tasted like a blueberry, feijoa but still disgusting