Salt is one of the five basic taste sensations, which include salt, sour, sweet, bitter, and umami. Salt can also affect other flavors such as sweet and bitter. In small amounts, salt will intensify sweetness—for example, it can be added to candies like caramel. Salt can also counteract bitter flavors in food and help release certain molecules in food, bringing out the flavors of the other ingredients. Salt is best known as one of the most used flavoring agents but also plays other functions in snack and bakery products beyond just flavor.