Food is one of the most fundamental activities of being alive. We socialize over meals. We make memories over drinks. We cook together, cry together, laugh together — always around a table.
The tension
It shapes who we eat with, where we go, what we order, and how we connect.
But we've never had a way to talk about it.
So group dinners become negotiations. First dates happen at the wrong restaurant. You write off an entire cuisine because of one bad dish. Your partner picks the place and you go along because it's easier than explaining why.
The origin
Our founder was studying for her WSET Level 3 and diving deep into sensory science when something clicked. We have decades of research about how taste actually works — genetics, sensitivity, texture preference — but none of it was accessible to normal people.
Meanwhile, every group dinner was the same negotiation. First dates where picking the wrong restaurant killed the vibe. Entire cuisines written off because of one bad dish.
The science existed. The problem existed. The bridge between them didn't.
The answer
6 scientifically grounded dimensions. 24 questions. 64 taste types. No food knowledge needed.
Your SMAKO™ type isn't telling you what to eat — it's giving you the vocabulary for what your palate has always known.
64 taste types. One is yours.
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