Chewing breaks up big chunks of our food and our saliva (spit) also helps the digestion process by breaking down smaller parts (starch, fats). Our taste buds are located on our tongue and (we also “taste” through smell) so once the food is broken down to such a small degree it just starts moving through our body naturally.. because our reflex is of course to swallow the food so that we don’t choke!
We can chew gum for a longer time but even that has sugar that is broken down and it will start to taste like nothing after some time
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