Japanese company Kirin invented a spoon unveiled at CES that uses electricity to mimic the sensation of salt hitting your tongue.

There was one booth at CES Unveiled, the first big annual event at the Consumer Electronics Expo, that was busy the entire night. And rightfully so. The booth had easily one of the weirdest products, if not the weirdest product you'll see at this year's CES. That product is Kirin's Electric Salt Spoon.

On the first night of CES 2025, Kirin Holdings, a Japanese company known for its beer and beverages, showed off its new electronic spoon that makes your

Since it’s January, health is at the top of a lot of people’s minds. We all have our own ways of approaching new health habits, but if your resolution is to eat healthier, I just tried a gadget at CES 2025 that might be able to help.

Would you use an electronic spoon if it could make your food taste saltier without actually adding any sodium? That’s the promise of Kirin's Electric Salt Spoon, a utensil that uses a weak electric current to concentrate sodium ion molecules in the food you’re eating,

You might not have thought that the spoon needed reinventing. But innovators in Japan say otherwise and are convinced that a more high-tech spoon can help us eat more healthily. A new kind of spoon from Japanese company Kirin uses a light electronic current to make food taste saltier than it actually is,

Presented at CES 2025, a spoon from Japan makes it possible to enhance the salty and umami taste of low-sodium foods with the power of electricity.