Kids test their tastebuds at G.WIZ

By Loren Mayo
| 4:00 a.m. June 17, 2010

Sarasota
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They wrinkled their noses in distaste — even at chocolate.

Using various parts of their tongues that denote sweet, sour, bitter and salty, the 4- and 5-year-olds enrolled in G.WIZ The Science Museum’s “Fun, Fitness and Food” camp tasted unsweetened dark chocolate, lemon juice, salt water and sugar water June 16.

Their reward for being such good sports? Plain sugar cubes.