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Qais Ahmed’s injury moment brings back memories of Gulbadin Naib’s T20 World Cup incident | Cricket NewsJailer 2 Movie Box Office Collection Prediction Day 1: Rajinikanth’s film crosses Rs 57 cr, eyes Rs 100 cr worldwide openingNithya Tammana, an 11-year-old girl from New Jersey built a youth water-conservation network of more than 450 members; her open-source moss filter is designed to remove up to 95% of lead from school drinking water‘We don’t use a stick to attract investments’: Maninder Sidhu on Canada’s global trade pushManipur violence: Kuki-Naga clashes expose fragile peaceVaibhav Sooryavanshi drops two-word message ahead of India vs West Indies 4th T20I | Cricket NewsInside Aneet Padda’s pink fairytale-themed birthday bash with Ahaan Panday, Alia Bhatt | Bollywood NewsNevada’s ‘lost’ species raise extinction fears as new journal tracks missing plants and animals; US wildlife agency staffing falls 38% in state, over 4,300 species globally unrecorded for a decadeOil shock pushes China’s factory inflation to highest level since 2022India retail inflation rises to 5.54% in September, rate hike riskSwansong for four Indian hockey seniors at Asian Champions Trophy | Hockey NewsDrishyam 3 box office collection day 12: Ajay Devgn scores his first Rs 500 cr film worldwide | Bollywood NewsWoman spends up to $380,000 to move her great-great-grandparents’ 112-year-old house to her husband’s family farm | World NewsChina’s exports surge 36% in September. 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Why don’t any fruits or plant-based foods taste naturally salty?

Why don’t any fruits or plant-based foods taste naturally salty?


Fruits are sweet to attract animals.

Fruits are sweet to attract animals.
| Photo Credit: Jo Sonn/Unsplash

— Mahua Ray

A: The primary reason plant-based foods are rarely salty while animal products have a more savoury taste profile is because animals have nervous systems and blood and plants don’t.

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