Abstract
This study has clarified that children are able to discriminate between salty flavors, and it also shows the necessity of teaching the correct amount of salt in food. Many health problems such as hypertention and apoplexy for example are caused by eating too much salt. To avoid overeating salt it is necessary to get used to eating lightly salted food at a young age but under the present state of education this is hardly case. As a preparation for teaching elementary school children the amount of salt in miso soup which is good for their health, the capacity to discriminate between salty flavors was examined with in the sixth grade. The results were as follows : 1) The children could discriminate between differences in the salty flavor of miso soup. 2) They tended to like thick miso soup. 3) It is possible to teach children to know by taste the amount of salt good for their health.
