Questions, answered
What is Super Candy Labs?
Super Candy Labs is a candy company that designs custom candy around how you taste. You scan your tongue with your phone or laptop camera and take a short taste quiz, and we design candy stacks for you: your perfect candy, plus a couple more to try. Then you can remix them or build your own in the Candy Lab.
How does the tongue scan work?
It takes about 10 seconds. Your camera image is analyzed on your device and turned into six taste readings: sweet, sour, bitter, crunch, melt and chaos. Your answers to the taste quiz carry the most weight. It's a fun, designed experience inspired by taste research, not a medical or scientific test.
What is a candy stack?
A stack of 1-by-1-inch candy layers, such as chocolate, gummy, taffy, caramel, marshmallow, crispy rice, cookie and toffee. A stack can be dipped in one of 14 coatings and finished with up to two toppings.
Can I build my own candy?
Yes. The Candy Lab lets you pick your layers, a dip and toppings and see your stack in 3D. Start from scratch, from your palate type, or remix the stacks we designed for you.
What are the six Sprouts?
Your palate type is a Sprout. Sugar Bunny loves sweet, Sour Fox loves sour, Night Owl loves dark chocolate and bitter, Crisp Deer loves crunch, Honey Bear loves soft and melty, and Party Penguin wants a bit of everything at once. Each Sprout has a group (Sour Foxes are the Skulk), a reading, a best match and a chaotic match.
What is my tongue Big Three?
Like astrology's sun, moon and rising. Your sun is your strongest reading (your Sprout), your moon is your second strongest (what you crave when you're in your feelings), and your rising is your third (how you come across). For example: Sour Fox sun, Honey Bear moon, Night Owl rising. There are 120 combinations. It's for fun.
What candy should I try?
It depends on your Sprout. Sugar Bunnies usually love gummies, Sour Foxes love sour candy, Night Owls love dark chocolate and coffee candy, Crisp Deer love toffee and crispy layers, Honey Bears love caramel and marshmallow, and Party Penguins love chaos like popping candy or chili-lime. The tongue test and taste quiz tell you yours.
Is it free?
Yes. The tongue scan, the taste quiz, your palate type, the candy we design for you and the Candy Lab are all free. It takes about 90 seconds on a phone or laptop.
Do you keep my tongue photo?
Adults' scan photos are saved to a private research dataset by default, and you can choose to scan without saving. Photos are never posted or used in ads without asking, and they're deleted if you delete your account. Photos from anyone under 18 are never saved.
Do I need an invite code?
No. Super Candy Labs is in open beta, so anyone can take the tongue test. If a friend sent you a link, open it to see how your tastes compare.
Is it family friendly?
Yes. The test is for ages 13 and up, the questions are all about candy, and teens get picks chosen with families in mind.
See the six palate types or read how the lab classifies a palate.
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