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Salt tastes biting, puckery, savory, zesty, piquant. Salt tastes like any of numerous compounds that result from replacement of part or all of the acid hydrogen by a metal or a group acting like a metal. Directly on the tongue, salt tastes biting and puckery. In your eye or on a broken skin part it can sting fiercely.
Surprisingly, some foods that donât taste salty can still be high in sodium, so donât use taste as a guide. For example, some foods that are high in sodium taste salty â like pickles or soy sauce. But there are also many foods â like cereals and pastries â that contain sodium but donât taste salty.ouâve probably heard that most Americans eat too much salt. Salt contains sodium and too much sodium can raise blood pressure â which can have serious health consequences if not treated. Despite what many people think, use of the salt shaker is not the main cause of too much sodium in your diet.