Flavor and Nutrient Density

Growing food in properly mineralized soil is presented as a way to address bland commercial flavor. The article presents a sharp flavor contrast between store-bought apples and fruit grown in properly mineralized conditions. Commercially grown produce is described as lacking natural flavor. The most flavorful real foods are by design the most nutritious ones. The flavors of food co-evolved with their nutrient content, creating a biological alignment between taste and nutrition. Flavor served as nature's mechanism for directing organisms toward the most nutrient-dense available food.