Anita Hassanandani explains – The combination of cucumber and sugar has been going viral on TikTok for some time now, but recently in an interview with Filmgyan, Anita Hassanandani came across this brilliant hack, the hack claims that if you eat cucumber with a pinch of sugar, then this combination tastes like watermelon inside the mouth. But what is the logic behind this? Indianexpress. com reached out to a health expert and found out.

CV Aishwarya, clinical nutritionist and lecturer at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, explains that watermelon, cucumber and sugar contain volatile aromatic compounds that contribute to their closely related flavor and aroma profiles.