Can Cats Feel Sweet And Spicy Foods? This Is What Experts Say

Illustration of whether cats can taste sweet and spicy foods (Freepik/vecstock)

YOGYAKARTA Most early parents or cat owners as pets often give cakes and fish bones that are still loose chili sauce. But do cats have the same taste as humans and can taste sweet and spicy?

Researchers have found that cats appear to be the only mammal that has incomplete protein to help the body taste sweet. Humans have two thin proteins to identify the taste of manly'' and cats only have one protein. When cats eat something sweet, they do feel something, but not what we consider sweet. So if you give an example, an anabul will feel it like potatoes.

Cats are obligate carnivorous animals, where the system is designed to cultivate meat. The average cat hunts mice, not invades fields to get corn. Large cats, such as lions and tigers, prey on anenvelopes and other meat-based foods. For cats, they can't get too much carbohydrates because they are most likely to cause obesity, diabetes, and other health problems.

Cats are likely to protect their health by not eating the food given to them. Veterinarians have also seen relationships between diabetes, obesity, and cat diet, and are recommended to have more canned foods, which have higher protein and lower carbohydrate levels.

Cats and humans are anatomically different, including their sense of taste. Launching PetMD, Wednesday, August 30, humans have five or six types of tasters, namely acid, bitter, salty, umami (twisted or meat), and sweet and possibly plus fat flavors. In total it has about 9,000 tasters while cats only have about 500 tasteers and a lack of protein to like sweet foods. In addition, cats may feel a strange pain when eating spicy food. They can't feel it as a tid' taste like humans.

Apparently, cats can feel everything humans feel except sweet. Anabul can also taste bitter which may indicate stale or unsafe food. To taste meat, cats may have receptors for adenosine tripophosphate (ATP). These receptors are molecules that provide energy in each cell of life and may be a signal of meat for cats. In general, cats seem to like protein and fat as staple food. So they tend to be sensitive to the taste of umami.

It's important to know that some cats really like marshmellows, ice creams, and other sweet foods. But cats want to eat these sweet foods for different reasons. They may be interested in their fat content rather than their sweet taste, such as milk, cream, or other ingredients that contain animal protein. In addition, they may have general curiosity about anything that has a new texture or taste in the mouth.