Table 1.
Worldwide population variation in nontaster frequency.
| Country or continent |
Group | n | % Nontaster |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Africans | 74 | 2.7 | Barnicot 1950 |
| Africa | Amhara | 123 | 12.2 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Arabs from Syria | 400 | 36.5 | Parr 1934 |
| Africa | Armenians from Syria | 294 | 32.0 | Parr 1934 |
| Africa | Assiut | 480 | 24.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Bari | 70 | 7.1 | Rife 1953 |
| Africa | Billen, Ethiopian | 104 | 3.9 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Boarij Syria | 119 | 32.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Bush | 85 | 7.1 | Jenkins 1965 |
| Africa | Cyrenaicans | 65 | 20.0 | Jenkins 1965 |
| Africa | Dinka | 132 | 34.8 | Rife 1953 |
| Africa | Egyptians | 208 | 24.1 | Parr 1934 |
| Africa | Egyptians | 569 | 22.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Egyptians | 1078 | 8.2 | Hashem and Khalifa 1968 |
| Africa | Egyptians, Bagdad Christians | 60 | 27.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Egyptians, Bagdad Jewish | 168 | 17.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Egyptians, Bagdad Moslems | 322 | 29.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Fezzanites | 52 | 17.3 | Jenkins 1965 |
| Africa | Galla | 110 | 15.5 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Giriama Bantu | 208 | 3.8 | Allison 1951 |
| Africa | Guraghe | 108 | 13.9 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Hadza in North Tanzania | 118 | 23.7 | Barnicot and Woodburn 1975 |
| Africa | Ibadan, Western Nigeria | 191 | 13.7 | Kalmus 1967 |
| Africa | Kenyan | 375 | 4.8 | Sunderland and Rosa 1975 |
| Africa | Kgalagadi | 38 | 5.2 | Jenkins 1965 |
| Africa | Libyans | 167 | 19.8 | Sunderland and Rosa 1975 |
| Africa | Melinde Arabs | 63 | 25.4 | Allison 1951 |
| Africa | Meshghara Syria; Christians | 96 | 30.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Meshghara Syria; Moslems | 171 | 18.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Africa | Mixed Sudanese | 51 | 17.6 | Rife 1953 |
| Africa | N Falasha | 24 | 8.3 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Nigeria | 970 | 12.6 | Odeigah 1994 |
| Africa | Nigeria | 2013 | 12.5 | Scott-Emuakpor et al. 1975 |
| Africa | Northern Sudanese | 100 | 4.0 | Rife 1953 |
| Africa | Nuer | 110 | 18.2 | Rife 1953 |
| Africa | S Falasja | 109 | 8.3 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Shilluk | 105 | 20.0 | Rife 1953 |
| Africa | Tigré | 119 | 5.0 | Bat-Miriam et al. 1962 |
| Africa | Tripolitanians | 50 | 21.5 | Jenkins 1965 |
| Africa | Urban Bantu | 86 | 2.3 | Jenkins 1965 |
| Australia | Aboriginal | 50 | NG | Lugg 1968 |
| Australia | Aborigines | NG | 50.0 | Simmons et al. 1957 |
| Australia | Aborigines | 152 | 49.3 | Simmons et al. 1954a |
| Central America | Miskito in Nicaragua | 96 | 20.8 | Stefano and Molieri 1976 |
| Central America | Rama in Nicaragua | 79 | 1.3 | Stefano and Molieri 1976 |
| Central America | Mexican | 1689 | 10.4 | Kalmus et al. 1964 |
| Central America | Sumo in Nicaragua | 85 | 8.2 | Stefano and Molieri 1976 |
| China | Chinese Immigrants | 66 | 10.6 | Barnicot 1950 |
| China | Chinese Immigrants | 167 | 6.0 | Parr 1934 |
| China | Han Lan Zhou City | 538 | 11.0 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Dong Xiang Gansu Province | 831 | 18.4 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Kazak Gansu Province, Akscu | 161 | 19.3 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | YuGru Gansu Province, Sunan County | 486 | 23.0 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Hui Gansu Province, Linxia County | 1323 | 17.6 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Tu Qinghai Province, Huzhy County | 801 | 18.4 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | SaLa Qinghai Province, Xuhua Country | 1077 | 8.5 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Tibetan Gansu Province | 914 | 13.6 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Mongolian Gansu, Suhua County | 332 | 16.0 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Bao’an Gansu, Jishishan Country | 545 | 5.1 | Zhang et al. 1988 |
| China | Han Chinese in Shanghai | 106 | 10.0 | Guo et al. 1998 |
| Europe | Cumbria | 854 | 19.7 | Mitchell et al. 1977 |
| Europe | Danes | 314 | 31.8 | Mohr 1951 |
| Europe | England, Derbyshire | 653 | 36.8 | Cartwright and Sunderland 1967 |
| Europe | England, Lancaster | 835 | 27.5 | Cartwright and Sunderland 1967 |
| Europe | England, Northeast | 777 | 28.9 | Sunderland 1966 |
| Europe | English | 581 | 28.0 | Akcasu et al. 1974 |
| Europe | Finns | 202 | 29.2 | Allison and Nevanlinna 1952 |
| Europe | Finns | 761 | 22.1 | Eriksson et al. 1970 |
| Europe | Irish from Dublin | 618 | 27.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Europe | Isle of Man | 699 | 27.8 | Mitchell et al. 1977 |
| Europe | Lapps | 140 | 6.9 | Allison and Nevanlinna 1952 |
| Europe | Nellim Fisher Lapps | 76 | 10.5 | Eriksson et al. 1970 |
| Europe | Nellim Skolt Lapps | 138 | 29.7 | Eriksson et al. 1970 |
| Europe | Norwegian Lapps | 255 | 17.6 | Monn 1969 |
| Europe | Salamis Island | 183 | 32.2 | Panayotou et al. 1983 |
| Europe | Sardinians | 541 | 27.1 | Maxia et al. 1975 |
| Europe | Sevettijärvi Skolt Lapps | 251 | 28.3 | Eriksson et al. 1970 |
| Europe | Spaniards | 306 | 24.8 | Pons 1955 |
| Europe | Spaniards, San Sebastian, Spain | 172 | 27.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Europe | Swedish | 1051 | 12.8 | Romanus 1965 |
| Europe | Swedish, Southern | 200 | 32.0 | Akesson 1959a |
| Europe | Ǻland, Main Island | 522 | 26.2 | Eriksson and Forsius 1964 |
| Europe | Sottunga | 38 | 18.4 | Eriksson and Forsius 1964 |
| Europe | Kökar | 121 | 34.7 | Eriksson and Forsius 1964 |
| Europe | Welsh | 252 | NG | Beach 1953 |
| Europe | Welsh | 398 | 28.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Europe | Welsh, Carmarthenshire | 271 | 35.2 | Partridge 1962 |
| Europe | Welsh, Pembrokeshire | 1005 | 27.6 | Pullin and Sunderland 1963 |
| Europe | Yugoslavian | 459 | 30.9 | Grünwald and Herman 1963 |
| Greenland | Eskimos from Umanaq | 129 | 53.5 | Alsbirk and Alsbirk 1972 |
| India | Ahom | 123 | 21.1 | Sengupta and Dutta 1991 |
| India | Angami Nagas | 150 | 6.3 | Seth and Seth 1973 |
| India | Anglo-Indians | 160 | 28.1 | Bhattacharya 1964 |
| India | Audich Brahman | 200 | 35.0 | Parikh et al. 1969a |
| India | Audichya Brahmans | 200 | 37.0 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Bado Gadaba | 409 | 53.6 | Das et al. 1963 |
| India | Bagatha | 483 | 37.9 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Baghdadi Jews | 200 | 20.5 | Sirsat 1956 |
| India | Bareng Paroja | 439 | 49.9 | Das et al. 1963 |
| India | Bene-Israel Jews | 200 | 20.0 | Sirsat 1956 |
| India | Bengali Brahims of Lucknow | 300 | 27.7 | Deb and Shukla 1981 |
| India | Bhangi Harijans | 200 | 43.0 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Bhil | 188 | 45.2 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Bod Mali | 70 | 20.0 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Bodh of Lahaul | 110 | 11.8 | Chowdhury 1988 |
| India | Bohras | 130 | 45.4 | Hakim et al. 1973 |
| India | Brahim of Orissa | 56 | 33.9 | Tripathy 1969 |
| India | Brahims | 165 | 20.0 | Chandraiah and Bahadur 1975 |
| India | Brahims of Narendra Nagar | 170 | 29.4 | Rani and Seth 1981 |
| India | Brahmin | 132 | 26.5 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Brahmin, Maharashtrian | 58 | 27.5 | Singh and Bagga 1994 |
| India | Brahmins | 242 | 23.6 | Tiwari and Bhasin 1967 |
| India | Brahmins of Bhimtal | 217 | 17.5 | Singh 1975 |
| India | Chandraseniya Kayasth Prabhu | 200 | 46.5 | Sanghvi and Khanolkar 1949–50 |
| India | Chenchu | 132 | 37.9 | Simmons et al. 1953a |
| India | Chenchu | 227 | 55.1 | Sirajuddin 1977 |
| India | Chettibalija | 155 | 40.0 | Devi et al. 1995 |
| India | Chitpavan | 200 | 34.5 | Sanghvi and Khanolkar 1949–50 |
| India | Cutchi Lohana | 200 | 39.0 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Danguria | 126 | 15.1 | Srivastava 1961 |
| India | Delhi and Madras | 301 | 28.0 | Akcasu et al. 1974 |
| India | Delhi students | 102 | 29.0 | Bhatia et al. 1979 |
| India | Desasth | 200 | 42.5 | Sirsat 1956 |
| India | Desasth Rigvedi Brahman | 100 | 36.0 | Sanghvi and Khanolkar 1949–50 |
| India | Dhanka | 211 | 56.3 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Dhobis | 165 | 4.8 | Ranganayaki and Injeti 1979 |
| India | Dhobis | 205 | 12.7 | Balakrishna et al. 1992 |
| India | Dhodia | 83 | 42.2 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Dogra Brahmins | 111 | 39.7 | Sharma and Bhalla 1981 |
| India | Dogra Rajputs | 79 | 38.0 | Sharma and Bhalla 1981 |
| India | Dubla | 207 | 45.4 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Gadaba | 193 | 15.0 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Gamit | 200 | 53.5 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Gorkhas | 202 | 14.4 | Parmar 1968 |
| India | Harijans | 77 | 31.2 | Chandraiah and Bahadur 1975 |
| India | Hill Kolams | 224 | 50.9 | Ramesh et al. 1981 |
| India | Hill Rajputs, Cis-Himalayan | 159 | 24.5 | Bhalla et al. 1980 |
| India | Hindu Gujjars | 200 | 56.5 | Balgir 1992 |
| India | Hindus | 334 | 59.0 | Dhesi et al. 1972 |
| India | Immigrant Burmese | 208 | 19.7 | Agrawal 1966 |
| India | Iranis | 200 | 25.0 | Sirsat 1956 |
| India | Jalaris | 215 | 15.8 | Rao and Jaikishan 1995 |
| India | Jalary | 103 | 47.6 | Reddy 1983, Reddy 1988 |
| India | Jatapu | 158 | 25.3 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Jats | 564 | 38.0 | Chattopadhyay 1971 |
| India | Jat-Sikhs | 536 | 59.3 | Dhesi et al. 1972 |
| India | Juang of Orissa | 75 | 38.7 | Das et al. 1978 |
| India | Kapol Vania | 200 | 51.5 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Karana of Orissa | 41 | 36.6 | Tripathy 1969 |
| India | Karnataka | 353 | 45.6 | Srivastava 1980 |
| India | Kashmiri | 800 | 11.8 | Parveen et al. 1990 |
| India | Kayastha | 114 | 29.0 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Kayasthas of Lucknow | 300 | 30.0 | Deb and Shukla 1981 |
| India | Keet | 223 | 36.8 | Das 1971 |
| India | Keet of Assam | 223 | 36.8 | Das and Buragohain 1969 |
| India | Khandayat of Orissa | 49 | 18.4 | Tripathy 1969 |
| India | Khasis | 317 | 21.8 | Miki et al. 1960 |
| India | Khattri | 75 | 29.3 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Khojas | 222 | 41.4 | Hakim et al. 1973 |
| India | Kodava of Kodagu | 233 | 32.8 | Saheb et al. 1979 |
| India | Koli | 128 | 38.3 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Kolis, Cis-Himalayan | 142 | 27.5 | Bhalla et al. 1980 |
| India | Konda | 234 | 53.4 | Das and Mukherjee 1964 |
| India | Konda Dora | 350 | 35.1 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Konda Kammaras | 413 | 36.1 | Babu et al. 1984 |
| India | Kondhs or Orissa | 51 | 64.7 | Tripathy 1966 |
| India | Kota of Nilgiri Hills | 534 | 40.8 | Ghosh 1973 |
| India | Koya Dora | 359 | 12.8 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Koya Dora | 569 | 51.0 | Goud and Rao 1979a |
| India | Koya Dora | 505 | 28.5 | Parmar 1968 |
| India | Kumaonis | 194 | 12.4 | Seth 1962 |
| India | Kurmi Mahato | 111 | 49.5 | Basu et al. 1966 |
| India | Lad Vania | 200 | 33.5 | Parikh et al. 1969a |
| India | Ladakhis | 53 | 5.7 | Bhalla 1972 |
| India | Lahaulis | 274 | 12.7 | Sharma 1967 |
| India | Lampadi | 142 | 45.1 | Goud and Rao 1979a |
| India | Lepchas | 154 | 7.2 | Miki et al. 1960 |
| India | Leva Patidars | 200 | 32.5 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Lower Caste | 130 | 9.2 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Mahars | 200 | 43.0 | Parikh et al. 1969b |
| India | Manne Dora | 380 | 34.5 | Ramana and Naidu 1992 |
| India | Manne Kolams | 343 | 55.7 | Ramesh et al. 1981 |
| India | Manzai Mali | 317 | 27.4 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Maratha | 200 | 42.5 | Sanghvi and Khanolkar 1949–50 |
| India | Maratha, Maharashtrian | 989 | 31.4 | Singh and Bagga 1994 |
| India | Mathur Kayasths | 422 | 57.8 | Mathur et al. 1983 |
| India | Mikir of Assam | 114 | 11.4 | Dass 1976 |
| India | Misgars | 153 | 45.1 | Hakim et al. 1973 |
| India | Moplahs | 186 | 48.4 | Hakim et al. 1973 |
| India | Muslim | 39 | 20.5 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Muslim | 106 | 38.7 | Bhattacharjee 1956 |
| India | Muslim Gujjars | 200 | 42.5 | Balgir 1992 |
| India | Muslims | 105 | 20.0 | Chandraiah and Bahadur 1975 |
| India | Muslims | 250 | 42.4 | Hakim et al. 1973 |
| India | Muslims of Lucknow | 300 | 28.0 | Srivastava 1976 |
| India | Naika | 78 | 46.2 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Naikpod | 154 | 64.3 | Goud and Rao 1979a |
| India | Nicobarese | 83 | 18.6 | Agrawal 1968 |
| India | Nokte Naga | 271 | 13.7 | Kumar 1955 |
| India | Non-Jat Sikhs | 285 | 56.3 | Dhesi et al. 1972 |
| India | Northern Pahira | 206 | 41.6 | Basu et al. 1966 |
| India | Ollaro | 227 | 52.6 | Das and Mukherjee 1964 |
| India | Other castes of Orissa | 49 | 28.6 | Tripathy 1969 |
| India | Pachhimaha | 87 | 14.9 | Srivastava 1964 |
| India | Pallar | 110 | 43.6 | Buchi 1955 |
| India | Paniyan | 204 | 12.7 | Das and Ghosh 1954 |
| India | Panjabis | 322 | 32.0 | Sharma 1962 |
| India | Paraja of Orissa | 85 | 41.3 | Das et al. 1978 |
| India | Pardhans | 140 | 62.9 | Goud and Rao 1979a |
| India | Pardhans | 202 | 51.5 | Ramesh et al. 1981 |
| India | Pareng | 232 | 52.9 | Das and Mukherjee 1964 |
| India | Parsis | 200 | 21.5 | Sirsat 1956 |
| India | Pathan | 150 | 26.0 | Srivastava 1974 |
| India | Raj Gonds | 163 | 54.6 | Goud and Rao 1979a |
| India | Raj Gonds | 239 | 47.3 | Ramesh et al. 1981 |
| India | Rajbanshi | 580 | 40.7 | Das et al. 1967 |
| India | Rajputs | 45 | 8.9 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Rajputs | 229 | 25.3 | Tiwari and Bhasin 1967 |
| India | Rajputs of Palampur | 87 | 29.9 | Bagga and Seth 1992 |
| India | Rana | 155 | 18.1 | Srivastava 1964 |
| India | Rana of Orissa | 29 | 31.0 | Das et al. 1978 |
| India | Rarhi Brahmin | 143 | 35.1 | Bhattacharjee 1956 |
| India | Rastogis of Lucknow | 300 | 17.0 | Rastogi and Tyagi 1975 |
| India | Reddys | 183 | 21.3 | Chandraiah and Bahadur 1975 |
| India | Relli | 175 | 1.7 | Ranganayaki and Injeti 1979 |
| India | Riang | 401 | 16.2 | Kumar and Sastry 1961 |
| India | Samantha | 250 | 9.2 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Savara | 200 | 26.5 | Babu et al. 1996 |
| India | Sayyad | 150 | 26.7 | Srivastava 1974 |
| India | Scheduled, Maharashtrian | 1073 | 35.4 | Singh and Bagga 1994 |
| India | Shompens of Nicobar | 54 | 33.3 | Agrawal 1969 |
| India | Sikkimese Lepchas | 107 | 13.1 | Bhattacharjee et al. 1978 |
| India | Sindhi | 480 | 29.2 | Khullar 1965 |
| India | Southern Pahira | 671 | 65.7 | Basu et al. 1966 |
| India | Spitians | 110 | 12.0 | Sharma 1967 |
| India | Suddha | 200 | 26.5 | Sanghvi and Khanolkar 1949–50 |
| India | Sukla | 100 | 33.0 | Sanghvi and Khanolkar 1949–50 |
| India | Swangla of Lahaul | 100 | 14.0 | Chowdhury 1988 |
| India | Talavia Dubla | 212 | 42.9 | Vyas et al. 1962 |
| India | Tibetan refugees | 230 | 17.4 | Patel 1971 |
| India | Tibetans | 216 | 10.7 | Sharma 1967 |
| India | Tibetans | 400 | 14.7 | Tiwari 1966 |
| India | Tibetans | 106 | 12.2 | Bhalla 1972 |
| India | Uttar Pradesh | 344 | 34.9 | Srivastava 1959 |
| India | Vadabalija of Penticotta | 266 | 36.5 | Reddy 1983, Reddy 1988 |
| India | Vadabalija of Vadapeta | 213 | 39.9 | Reddy 1983, Reddy 1988 |
| India | Vadabaljas | 200 | 12.5 | Ranganayaki and Injeti 1979 |
| India | Vadnagara | 108 | 25.0 | Sirsat 1956 |
| India | Vaisha | 67 | 34.3 | Srivastava and Tyagi 1967 |
| India | Vaishya | 351 | 35.3 | Das 1971 |
| India | Vaishya of Assam | 351 | 35.3 | Das and Buragohain 1969 |
| India | Visa Oswal Jain | 200 | 30.0 | Parikh et al. 1969a |
| India | Vyshyas | 131 | 17.6 | Chandraiah and Bahadur 1975 |
| India | Wad Balgel | 114 | 66.7 | Agrawal 1964 |
| India | Weavers | 112 | 24.1 | Chandraiah and Bahadur 1975 |
| Jamacia | Jamaicans | 682 | 9.4 | Terry 1950 |
| Japan | Ainu | 328 | 6.4 | Simmons et al. 1953b |
| Japan | Ainu-Japanese | 275 | 5.1 | Simmons et al. 1953b |
| Japan | Formosans | 3172 | 6.8 | Rikimaru 1936a |
| Japan | Formosans | 5933 | 7.1 | Rikimaru 1936b |
| Japan | Japanese | 295 | 7.1 | Saldanha 1958 |
| Japan | Japanese | 314 | 33.1 | Yanagida 1988 |
| Japan | Japanese | 656 | 8.0 | Tsuji 1957 |
| Japan | Japanese | 915 | 9.4 | Sato et al. 1997 |
| Japan | Japanese | 916 | 23.0 | Suzuki 1949 |
| Japan | Japanese | 921 | 9.1 | Fukuoka 1936 |
| Japan | Japanese | 1600 | 12.0 | Matsunaga et al. 1954 |
| Japan | Japanese | 5871 | 13.1 | Rikimaru 1936a |
| Japan | Japanese | 8824 | 14.3 | Rikimaru 1936b |
| Japan | Natives | 1756 | 1.8 | Rikimaru 1936b |
| Korea | Koreans | 771 | 15.1 | Kang et al. 1967 |
| Middle East | Armenians from Beyrouth and Ghazir | 311 | 25.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Middle East | Aschkenasim | 245 | 31.5 | Parr 1934 |
| Middle East | Balkan immigrants in Israel | 101 | 21.8 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Berber in Israel | 464 | 33.6 | Guttman et al. 1967 |
| Middle East | Cochin immigrants in Israel | 41 | 31.7 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Cochin in Israel | 402 | 42.0 | Guttman et al. 1967 |
| Middle East | Djerva immigrants in Israel | 383 | 42.0 | Guttman et al. 1967 |
| Middle East | European Ashkenazim immigrants | 440 | 20.7 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Gerba immigrants in Israel | 41 | 41.5 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Habbanite | 506 | 19.8 | Bonne et al. 1972 |
| Middle East | Iraqi and Persian immigrants in Israel | 336 | 16.1 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Kurdistan immigrants in Israel | 129 | 14.0 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Kurdistan immigrants in Israel | 455 | 26.8 | Guttman et al. 1967 |
| Middle East | Libya immigrants in Israel | 501 | 22.4 | Guttman et al. 1967 |
| Middle East | North-African immigrants in Israel | 340 | 15.0 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Samaritans in Israel | 125 | 6.4 | Bonne 1966 |
| Middle East | Semenites | 59 | 32.3 | Parr 1934 |
| Middle East | Sephardim | 175 | 28.0 | Parr 1934 |
| Middle East | Yemen immigrants in Israel | 261 | 18.0 | Sheba 1962 |
| Middle East | Yemen immigrants in Israel | 498 | 26.3 | Guttman et al. 1967 |
| New Guinea | Pygmies in Netherland New Guinea | 178 | 36.0 | Graydon et al. 1958 |
| New Guinea | West Nakanai, New Britain | 352 | 34.4 | Simmons et al. 1956 |
| North America | Alaskan Eskimos | 68 | 26.0 | Allison and Blumberg 1959 |
| North America | American Indians admixed | 110 | 12.8 | Parr 1934 |
| North America | American Indians, Kansas | 183 | 6.1 | Parr 1934 |
| North America | American students, Gentile | 232 | 20.3 | Rife and Schonfeld 1944 |
| North America | American students, Jewish | 82 | 14.7 | Rife and Schonfeld 1944 |
| North America | Americans of African ancestry | 107 | 7.5 | Setterfield et al. 1936 |
| North America | Americans of African ancestry | 533 | 23.5 | Parr 1934 |
| North America | Americans of European ancestry | 210 | 28.0 | Taylor 1961 |
| North America | Americans of European ancestry | 291 | 35.4 | Matson 1938 |
| North America | Americans of European ancestry | 477 | 17.8 | Setterfield et al. 1936 |
| North America | Blackfeet Indians | 129 | 8.5 | Matson 1938 |
| North America | Caucasian Americans, USA | 439 | 30.9 | Parr 1934 |
| North America | Caucasian Americans, USA | 3643 | 29.8 | Parr 1934 |
| North America | Flathead Indians | 442 | 17.4 | Matson 1938 |
| North America | Mennonite | 1157 | 25.0 | Koertvelyessy et al. 1982 |
| North America | Micmac Indians | 496 | 29.1 | Chiasson 1963 |
| North America | Papago Indians Arizona | 70 | 1.4 | MacRoberts 1964 |
| North America | Ramah, New Mexico, USA | 269 | 2.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Polynesia | Cook Island | 215 | 16.3 | Simmons et al. 1955 |
| Polynesia | Eastern and Central Islands | 126 | 7.9 | Simmons and Graydon 1957 |
| Philippine | Negritos | 73 | 13.7 | Pascasio et al. 1974 |
| Philippine | Philippine, non-Negrito | 200 | 2.0 | Pascasio et al. 1974 |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Ricans | 1693 | 10.3 | Thieme 1952 |
| Russia | Kharkov | 486 | 37.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Russia | Kirghiz children | 734 | 29.1 | Ibraimov and Mirrakhimov 1979 |
| Russia | Kirghiz students | 640 | 19.6 | Ibraimov and Mirrakhimov 1979 |
| Russia | Russian students | 245 | 31.9 | Ibraimov and Mirrakhimov 1979 |
| Russia | Siberians | 137 | 5.8 | Rychkov and Borodina 1969 |
| Russia | Tiflis | 455 | 23.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| Russia | Zagorsk | 237 | 41.0 | Boyd 1950 |
| South America | Amoreeiras | 70 | 8.6 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Ashkenazic Jews in Brazil | 244 | 27.9 | Saldanha and Becak 1959 |
| South America | Brazilian patients and staff | 162 | 35.1 | Kalmus, 1957 |
| South America | Brazilian students | 148 | 33.8 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Brazilians of African ancestry | 90 | 12.1 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Brazilians of African ancestry | 123 | 10.6 | Saldanha 1962 |
| South America | Buzios, Victoria | 73 | 13.7 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Caboclos | 74 | 24.3 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Caboclos, admixed | 18 | 11.1 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Carajas, Brazil | 86 | 0.0* | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Carajas, Brazil | 86 | 0.0* | Junqueira et al. 1957 |
| South America | Chileans | 316 | 17.4 | Saldanha and Nacrur 1963 |
| South America | Curitiba | 92 | 26.0 | Freire-Maia and Quelce-Salgado 1960 |
| South America | Highland Quechua, Peru | 319 | 3.1 | Frisancho et al. 1977 |
| South America | Ilhabella | 77 | 20.8 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Ilhabella, admixed | 43 | 16.3 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Japanese immigrants | 89 | 9.0 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Japanese immigrants in Brazil | 300 | 12.7 | Beiguelman 1962 |
| South America | Jivaro Indians, Ecuador | 327 | 2.1 | Sunderland and Ryman 1968 |
| South America | Kaingangs | 77 | 2.6* | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Kaingangs | 77 | 2.6* | Fernandes et al. 1957 |
| South America | Lowland Mestizo, Peru | 805 | 7.3 | Frisancho et al. 1977 |
| South America | Lowland Quechua, Peru | 672 | 7.1 | Frisancho et al. 1977 |
| South America | Manaus Amazonia | 90 | 15.6 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Piracicaba, admixed | 41 | 9.8 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Presidente Prudente | 73 | 8.0 | Freire-Maia and Quelce-Salgado 1960 |
| South America | Rio de Jan, admixed | 203 | 11.9 | Kalmus 1957 |
| South America | Russian immigrants in Brazil | 60 | 43.3 | Freire-Maia et al. 1960 |
| South America | Salvador, Ba | 34 | 38.0 | Freire-Maia and Quelce-Salgado 1960 |
| South America | Southern Peruvian Quechua | 522 | 2.9 | Garruto et al. 1975 |
| South America | Tucano Indians, Brazil | 128 | 6.3 | Montenegro 1964 |
| South-East Asia | Burmese medical students | 300 | 12.0 | Than-Sint and Mya-Tu 1974 |
| South-East Asia | Chinese immigrants in Singapore | 50 | 2.0 | Lugg 1955 |
| South-East Asia | European immigrants in Singapore | 50 | 19.6 | Lugg 1955 |
| South-East Asia | Malay | 237 | 16.0 | Thambipillai 1955–56 |
| South-East Asia | Malay immigrants | 50 | 15.6 | Lugg 1955 |
| South-East Asia | Malay, Negrito | 50 | 18.0 | Lugg 1956–57 |
| South-East Asia | Malay, Senoi | 50 | 4.0 | Lugg 1956–57 |
| South-East Asia | Tamil Indians in Singapore | 50 | 26.8 | Lugg 1955 |
| South-East Asia | Thailand | 56 | 5.4 | Simmons et al. 1954b |
| South-East Asia | Thailand | 460 | 9.7 | Boobphanirojana et al. 1970 |
| South-West Asia | Iraqi | 110 | 21.8 | Shah and Sattar 1981 |
| South-West Asia | Kurdish in Iran | 346 | 27.5 | Lightman et al. 1970 |
| South-West Asia | Turkey | 315 | 5.0 | Akcasu et al. 1974 |
| South-West Asia | Turkey | 366 | 11.2 | Bokesoy and Togan 1987 |
| South-West Asia | Turkey | 684 | 4.1 | Akcasu and Ozalp 1977 |
| South-West Asia | Turkey | 2000 | 20.0 | Say et al. 1966 |
Studies varied in the methods to classify nontasters.
*
May represent the same dataset published twice.
#
Refers to the subcontinent of India.
NG = not given.