Some Studies Have Found That Too Much Salt In Food Can Be Bad For You,

but salt makes many foods taste so much nicer,

so I guess many will be looking forward to buying a spoon and bowl which 'adds' salt flavour to your food, scientists at Meiji University and developers Kirin Holdings have been working for several years to produce a smart spoon and bowl, the product using electricity from a battery in the spoon transmits sodium ions from the food to the mouth of the user to create an enhanced sensation of saltiness,

the new smart spoon and bowl can make food taste 1.5 times saltier, which is great news to the many people who love salty food, but need to watch their salt intake for health reasons, even better is the news that the new smart utensils are ready for commercialization and are expected to hit the Japanese market early next year and will hopefully make their way to the UK, the new products will be called Erekisoruto (エレキソルト) and will have built-in batteries, unfortunately no indication of a price yet, for the full story have a look here.