Taste testers

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So this topic was reminded to me yesterday when I ate a bag of chips and they tasted like grass. To me, they strongly tasted like grass. I had my dad taste one and he said it was "subtle". He said that's a sign that the oil is going bad on them. He goes on to say to me that I need to be a taste tester for food companies because I can taste the most subtle things in foods. But this made me think, I think all aspies can be good taste testers since we all have such sensitive senses.

Would anyone take up the opportunity to be paid to taste foods for food companies? I think I would, I'm always surprised when I taste a product and find that it tastes nothing like a strawberry or whatever it's supposed to be like. Makes me wonder who tasted it first. I think we'd be good at the job.

Maybe if whatever didnt make me gag.
I gag pretty easily on stuff i dont like, especially if it has bad texture.

I know I would be good at it & also for smell so doing perfume or the like

but I can't take the job since it involves experiencing things I would hate far too often, I can sense things at way lower levels than other people can ,but most are way too unpleasant, so I would end up hating my job - I would rather to something that was pleasing to me, which I have never found, jobs require being around people

Oohhhh perfume, that's also a good idea.

And I don't think you would taste something you hate that often. Food scientists work really hard at perfecting a product before it even gets to the taste testing part. Plus, you can test foods you like, like you can choose you want to test pizza or fries or gummy bear flavors. Whatever you like, you can pick. I use to eat the prototype gum used on taste testers as a kid at my parents work (my parents work in the food industry). It always tasted yummy and they'd send me home with bags full.

great I have to find some company that makes vegan food and test for them then, can't just work for anyone, I have changed the way I eat in the last 2 years

You should I think that would be great. Do you have a favorite brand that makes vegan food? I think I've had Amy's Kitchen vegan meals.

actually I am disabled, so I am quite poor, I cook everything from scratch, my entire monthly food budget with cleaning and all soap and stuff is $100 so I don't buy packaged foods very much. anything I have eaten was when in a hospital or institution so I really don't know brands.

Oh ok, I think home cooked meals are the best. And I think it's great that you can cook. My skills in cooking aren't the greatest.