Disregarding the sweetness angle, what's interesting is that we perceive the saltier solutions as tastier when we are dehydrated. If you try drinking an ORS pr

Disregarding the sweetness angle, what's interesting is that we perceive the saltier solutions as tastier when we are dehydrated. If you try drinking an ORS product when you're not dehydrated it will taste worse than when you are in that run down sweaty state on a hot day.