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Can you taste without smell

Updated: 9/13/2023
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No, because 70-75 percent of taste comes from smell. Taste buds allow the perception of only bitter, salty, sweet and sour tastes. It is the odor (smell) molecules from food that give the most taste sensation.

You might taste a little, but not enough.

Yes, you can taste without smell. I was born with anosmia (no sense of smell) and I can taste things just as well as the next person.

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