The average person has abou 10,000 taste buds,and they are replaced approximately eveey two weeks. Each thste bud contains 50 to 100 taste cells. But as a person ages,some of those taste cells are not replaced. An older person may have only 5,000 working taste buds. Yhat is why cerain foods may taste stronger children than do to adults, and why childern may haver stonger dislikes of certin foods.