These are actually called "Delicious Combo". At first I thought they were generic Cheetos, but they're made by Frito Lay, so for some reason they decided to go in another direction. I guess they thought Chester Cheetah could use a rest and replaced him with this cute flavor scientist. A little background here. In Japan, there are 5 flavors. The first four are the same as in the west: sweet, sour, bitter, salty. But they also have umami, which is sometimes translated as savory and other times translated as good taste. For example, soy sauce is sometimes described as umami, so umami means salty? On the other hand, I've heard a tomato described as umami. I don't see how the tastes of soy sauce and tomatoes are similar, so it seems like a made up flavor. Anyway, this scientist figured out how to make this snack as salty and umami-y as possible. This scientist is clearly an idiot. He has black pepper marked as a 5 out of 5 on the salty ranking. Then, pepper is ranked as a 1 in umami while cheese receives a 4. When you combine the two it becomes a 5. What the hell? You're fired scientist. Bring back Chester!
Ratings:
Gaybot: 7 The scientist's rankings are all wrong, but he has successfully made a delicious combination.
Girlbot: 8 These are better than normal Cheetos, she says.
Overall: 7.5
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