PTC Taste Papers
Product Code : EL-GE-10476
Quick Answer: PTC Taste Papers are 9 mm x 50 mm strips that taste bitter or tasteless depending on a person's inherited ability to taste thiourea and phenylthiocarbamide, with 25 strips on each pad.
Last updated: October 2026
Key Features
- PTC (thiourea-phenylthiocarbamide) taste papers
- Taste bitter to tasters and tasteless to non-tasters
- The ability to taste PTC is genetic
- Each person should take the test only once
- Strip size 9 x 50 mm; 25 strips per pad
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Compound | Thiourea-phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) |
| Strip size | 9 mm x 50 mm |
| Strips per pad | 25 |
About This Product
Tasting PTC is an inherited trait, so these papers give a simple way to look at genetic variation within a class. Each student tastes a strip once and notes whether it is bitter or tasteless, and the results show who are tasters and non-tasters compared with the rest of the class. The PTC Taste Papers is available for supply within India and for export to Cameroon, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Vietnam and Chile.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What does a bitter taste indicate?
A bitter taste means the person is a taster. If the paper seems tasteless, they are a non-taster. Which group a person falls into depends on their genetics.
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For a quotation on the PTC Taste Papers, contact School Equipments India.
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