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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why do nuts and seeds taste significantly better after roasting them?
gpt
Because you end up roasting out some of the water and caramelizing the naturally occurring sugars, giving a deeper, sweeter flavor. Roasted nuts weight less than their unroasted counterparts due to the water loss, and therefore the fat content by weight increases, which helps amplify the flavor as well.

If your roasted nuts taste burnt and are only salvageable by salt, you're doing it wrong. 🤦‍♂️