People say weed makes things taste better. I never got that—all weed ever did for me was drain the world of joy or purpose and recast all my past interactions as testaments to my utter fraudulence. In ...

Umami, referred to as the ‘5th taste’ in the culinary world (in addition to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter), and kokumi, characterized as a ‘taste enhancer’ that heightens and lengthens flavors, could ...

Over the past few decades, what Americans want out of their beverages has swung wildly between two extremes. In the 1990s, sweet drinks were all the rage. Soda sales were on what seemed like a ...

Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) are one of the most popular mushrooms in Germany. Depending on the weather, chanterelle season starts in early July. Connoisseurs value the mushroom's delicate ...

Opertech Bio has developed a novel approach to sensory testing utilising games and rewards, which it claims enables human testers to analyze hundreds of samples in a fraction of the time - and with a ...

Taste refers to a feeling that food stimulates and produces the chemical sensory system of taste organs in the mouth. Sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and umami are usually identified as the five basic ...

Flavours and ingredients manufacturer Quest Food has released two new yeast based savoury applications within its Taste and Texture platform in a bid to capitalise on the US$30m yeast extract taste ...

Scientists from University of Copenhagen, Department of Food Science are, in co-operation with the Danish company Lactosan located in Ringe, responsible for the process of identifying the flavour ...