Abstract: A spoon for the sanitary tasting of liquid food products characterized as having a bowl and handle is disclosed which is improved over prior art devices by providing a baffle located substantially within the bowl which is characterized as emanating from an inner side wall of the bowl and extending away from the bowl at an angle to a line of geometric centers of the spoon, and being further characterized as having an opening located proximate the edge of the baffle remote from the inner surface of the bowl.