A food taster is a professional whose main task is to taste food that was prepared by someone else with the purpose of testing for safety and certain characteristics. They do this by taking a small bite out of a certain food and focusing on its key components. They usually avoid swallowing the food and use water to clean their palates between samples. The main prerequisite for a food taster is an accurate sense of taste, as most interviews have practical tests involving the candidate’s ability to correctly identify various basic flavors, in both quantity and quality. Some people have a naturally enhanced sense of taste, while others need intense training to get to a professional level of accuracy.
