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ELI5:Why does food that tasted awesome as a kid (sugary cereal, Chef Boyardee) taste awful as an adult?
gpt
Children have the most sensitive sense of taste.  That is why bitter things are so hard for them.  Really all strong flavors are confronting to them.

That is why they gravitate towards things that are sweet and not bitter.  

As we age our taste-buds reduce in number and also shrink.  By the time we are elderly the sense of taste is greatly diminished.