Eli5: What happens to the cheese favor of Mac and cheese on the second day?

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Making the Mac and cheese strictly by the directions on the box, I get a flavorful dish, tangy and cheesy. But when I pull the leftovers out of the fridge the next day and reheat it, there’s very little flavor remaining. Where did it go? I realize that some of the sauce is soaked up by the noodles but shouldn’t the flavor still be there in or on the noodles?

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This is a problem with old, reheated food. It’s why frozen dinners like TV dinners have a lot of salt in them. The flavor diminishes but salt will restore the flavor while not making it taste salty, so you don’t even realize how much eat it has. So just add salt to the day old mac and cheese.

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