→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_co→“saltiness” is one of the five primary basic tastes the human tongue can detect. Those five tastes being: salt, bitter, sweet, sour, and umami (if you’re not familiar with this one, it is from glutamic acid, which is found in many foods, particularly some meats, and is the basis of the flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG). Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/09/why-salt-enhances-flavor/ Sources: http://www.foodsubs.com/Salt.html http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2718/is-sea-salt-better-for-you-than-regular-salt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=salt