[spunkets]

Re: "KIDNEY CELLS used in the production of flavor receptors, ARE GOING INTO OUR FOODS and BEVERAGES."

"If I understand correctly, the cells are used in research to develop more effective enhancers,

The cells are used as the sensor elements of a machine that responds to a substance's flavor properties. The cells are in no way used for flavoring. They're exclusively used as sensor elements in lab equipment.

[Republic]

Well-glad to know this, at least in terms of what goes into our foods. I envisioned growing these cells and selling them off as some sort of food additive.

Should I ask the mod to take my incorrect post off?

I interpreted it wrongly, after going to several websites. My duh.

Trisham-I was not yelling at you. I apologize for my handi'cap'. I have had a caps problems for as long as I have been on FR. My bad. It was emphasis, not yelling.

I still do NOT LIKE using babies dead little bodies to further such research. It makes me sick.

[Mase]

The cells are used as the sensor elements of a machine that responds to a substance's flavor properties.

How can kidney cells sense salt, sweet, sour and bitter? How do they do this without first evolving into taste bud cells?