Do any foods taste better in space? Not usually.<\/p>\n
Astronauts on the International Space Station often say that food tastes bland in orbit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s thought that smell and taste are affected by the way fluids move around the body in zero-G, impairing the extent to which they experience flavours.<\/p>\n
In 2015, however, astronauts grew and ate lettuce on the ISS<\/a>, which they found to be more bitter than Earth-grown lettuce.<\/p>\n Recently, a crew fermented miso in space<\/a>, which they said had a nuttier flavour \u2013 possibly due to the way microbes grow in orbit.<\/p>\n This article is an answer to the question (asked by James Lyle, Truro) ‘Do any foods taste better in space?’<\/p>\n To submit your questions, email us at questions@sciencefocus.com, or message our Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>, or Instagram<\/a> pages (don’t forget to include your name and location).<\/p>\n Check out our ultimate fun facts<\/a> page for more mind-blowing science<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n