They taste good. And they contain a lot of carotene, which the body makes into vitamin A.
VOA: special.2009.02.24
Ketchup ignites the palate as one of the few foods to stimulate all five sensations inside the mouth: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami, the latter of which gives body to food and is the savory taste found in cured meat and MSG.
However, along with successfully destroying cancer, the treatment managed to effortlessly and successfully cause me to lose weight, destroy my taste buds, stripped my body of hair and forced me to learn the skill of vomiting quietly without choking and with pinpoint accuracy too.
Recent research is finding that taste receptors are found all over the body, including in the gut, nose, and brain, says Danielle Reed, a member at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.