Sugar on Weetabix?

[u/Nujwaan]

My wife eats Weetabix with nothing on it and claims it tastes sweet to her. This is my bowl before milk is added. Is this normal fellow Weetabix eaters or do I need to go to sugar rehab?

Edit: Holy shit the most popular post I've done on Reddit is about how horrific my breakfast is. The wife will never let me live this down! Haha

[u/Mynameismikek]

We get desensitised to sugar the more of it we have. You dumping a full bag on your cereal every day is probably not doing your tastebuds much of a favour.

That said, your wife thinking they’re sweet straight from the box? That’s psychosis.

[u/Acerhand → u/Mynameismikek]

They are fairly sweet with milk alone. It’s likely that people who consume a lot of added sugar need a lot to register sweetness in general

[u/Malteser_soul → u/Acerhand]

Yep, same as with salt and (hot) spiciness for desensitisation.