Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Amino acids are great, but do they taste great? In this video, I taste 20 of the 21 amino acids (sorry selenocysteine), as well as monosodium glutamate. I also rank them individually, as well as on McDonalds fries!

A huge thanks to ImKibitz and NileRed for their feedback on the video!

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References:
Tom’s Salt Video - youtube.com/watch?v=RJh9yTIBY48
Amino Acid Vendor (not a sponsor)- the-odin.com/amino-acid-tasting-and-cooking-set-for-molecular-gastronomy
Tom’s Nitrated McDonalds - youtube.com/watch?v=M2YbK7FnESU
Tom S4N4 Grudge Video - youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZawsbYpmo
Fruit Tierlist - youtube.com/watch?v=NBB1COKd4VQ
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Molecules for this tierlist - Arginine, histidine, glutamic acid, methionine, alanine, lysine, threonine, tyrosine, valine, glycine, cysteine, asparagine, aspartic acid, tryptophan, monosodium glutamate, leucine, glutamine, serine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, proline.

Tierlist Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6OLqxmk7Rtx7YVG6hOgVHAgisH-y8yIW