---
title: lossOfTaste
framework: healthkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: healthkit/hkcategorytypeidentifier/lossoftaste
---

# lossOfTaste

A category type that records loss of taste as a symptom.

## Declaration

```swift
static let lossOfTaste: HKCategoryTypeIdentifier
```

## Discussion

Discussion These samples use values from the  HKCategoryValueSeverity enumeration.

## See Also

### Nose and Throat

- [lossOfSmell](healthkit/hkcategorytypeidentifier/lossofsmell.md)
- [runnyNose](healthkit/hkcategorytypeidentifier/runnynose.md)
- [soreThroat](healthkit/hkcategorytypeidentifier/sorethroat.md)
- [sinusCongestion](healthkit/hkcategorytypeidentifier/sinuscongestion.md)