Ok, this is the craziest, weirdest and most amazing gadget I have seen in a while!
So, there's this Japanese brand called Kirin that recently developed an electric spoon that makes food taste salty...without adding salt!
And it works in a really cool way. The spoon transmits a weak electric field that concentrates sodium ions on the tongue which in turn enhances the perceived saltiness. Or something like that. Dunno the exact science.
The electric salt spoon was co-developed with Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita, who first demonstrated the taste-enhancing effect of the technology with prototype electric chopsticks.
The main selling point of course is that it can help consumers curb down their sodium intake. The company believes the product is especially useful in the Japanese market where the average adult consumers over the double of the daily recommended amount of salt WHO recommends:
"Japan has a food culture that tends to favour salty flavours. Japanese people as a whole need to reduce the amount of salt intake but it can be difficult to move away from what we're used to eating. That's what led us to develop this electric spoon." said Ai Sato, researcher of Kiri
Here are a couple videos on the product
Dunno if this thing actually catches on or not, but I think we can agree it's really cool and unique idea :)
The price at about 130$ doesn't help much though but at least it comes with a rechargeable battery 😅
All in all. A fun gadget. I'd love to give it a try out of curiosity!
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