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Advanced Food Science sensory science part 1

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A tendency to like or dislike a food based on positive or negative experiences is:

Taste Bias

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T/F: Genetics is an example of a physical influence on food.

True

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What are the 5 tastes?

Salty, sweet, savory/umami, bitter, sour

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Glutamates in a food usually results in a _________, or "meaty," taste.

Savory

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The chemical sensitivity of the skin and mucous membranes is called:

Chemesthesis

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If you have a very high number of papillae on your tongue, you are most likely a:

Supertaster

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What are papillae?

Bumps found on the tongue that enclose hundreds of taste buds each.

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What is gustation?

Tasting

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Olfaction is another word for our sense of ____.

Smell

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The odor of a food is also known as the _____.

Aroma

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Taste + aroma = ?

Flavor

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Is the detection of odors through sniffing orthonasal or retronasal?

Orthonasal

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What is an example of a sound that a food might make?

Cracking, sizzling, popping, etc.

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The physical sensation made by a food or beverage in the mouth is:

Mouthfeel

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What is retronasal olfaction?

Detection of odors through chewing and swallowing

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What is an example of an environmental influence on our food preferences?

Availability of foods, season, climate

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