Several softdrinks have tasted salty to me lately.

January 7, 2005 8:10 AM

I have noticed that several softdrinks have tasted salty to me lately?? Anyone experienced anything like this? Maybe my tasted buds are going through a change, but I haven't noticed any difference in food tastes...
posted by keep it tight to Food & Drink (10 answers total)

Did you have a severe cold or sinus condition recently? Last month there was a similar topic about someone experiencing sensations of sweetness. Go back and look at the links there.
posted by planetkyoto at 8:25 AM on January 7, 2005

If you're drinking diet sodas and the cans have aspertine in them, it can go bad if overheated. The sodas taste flat and salty.
posted by pomegranate at 8:28 AM on January 7, 2005

I've noticed that the flavor of my preferred diet soda gets funky if the weather is in either extremes of heat or cold. Though I can't say it actually tastes salty, it does taste weird. (and sometimes flat. As a result, I always press the plastic bottles before I buy a six pack ... if it gives, I put it back on the shelf.)
posted by crunchland at 9:15 AM on January 7, 2005

Have you recently started drinking soda after eating things that are extremely sweet? Overstimulated neurons need time to recover, it's the same thing that causes afterimages from looking at bright lights.
posted by squidlarkin at 9:37 AM on January 7, 2005

have you started any new medications?
posted by heather at 9:41 AM on January 7, 2005

Certain mouth infections can cause this, but if you had one serious enough for that, I bet you'd be in agony and wouldn't have posted here for help! :-)
posted by shepd at 11:02 AM on January 7, 2005

this may sound odd, but when i switched to mentadent toothpaste for a while, i had a similar experience (oddly, cigarettes began to taste like honey). switched to another toothpaste, and all went back to normal.
posted by mireille at 11:07 AM on January 7, 2005

A few times, when I've been violently sick (vomitting... alcohol...), tap water has tasted sickeningly sweet immediately afterwards. Strange, but it was definately in-my-head.
posted by armoured-ant at 12:50 PM on January 7, 2005

Tap water has been salty for me, but come to think of it I have been using a baking soda toothpaste.
posted by mecran01 at 2:31 PM on January 7, 2005

Response by poster: I have had a bit of a sinus infection and have been taking some meds...I'll go off it and see if it helps...Thanks for all your input.
posted by keep it tight at 3:41 PM on January 7, 2005