Sony experiment changes the taste of food using sound

Sony recently conducted an experiment in which it changed a food’s taste by altering the frequency of sounds being played.

For the “Frequency Flavour” test, low and then high frequency sounds were played to showcase how the perceived taste of a single dish’s could change. Participants in the experiment tried a specially designed ‘Goat’s Cheesecake’ (Goat’s curd, lemon and salted crumb).

The flavour of the dish went from savoury to sweet as the music changed to a high frequency sound.