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What Are Some Challenges of Breeding Flavorful Food Crops?

June 26, 2019

The keys to growing hazelnut, hops, and mint

Vanilla Makes Milk Beverages Seem Sweeter

June 25, 2019

Research subjects' responses indicate that with the addition of vanilla, the added sugar content in flavored milk could poten...

Corn Breeder Looking to Build a Better Bourbon

June 20, 2019

Ongoing research project aims at producing better whiskey through science

A Simplified Method to Categorize Olive Oil

May 17, 2019

The new method is based on analyzing the oil's aromatic fraction

Understanding What Makes Tennessee Whiskey Unique

April 2, 2019

Freshly distilled, un-aged whiskey is filtered over the charcoal in a mysterious, but necessary step known as the Lincoln Cou...

Making Cheese & Co. Taste Better

November 7, 2018

The hunt for flavor-giving fragments

NTU Scientists Discover Natural Plant-Based Food Preservative

August 17, 2018

The organic preservative comprises a naturally-occurring substance known as "flavonoids"

No More Sweet Tooth? Scientists Switch off Pleasure from Food in Brains of Mice

May 31, 2018

Columbia study shows that altering activity in the brain's emotion center can eliminate the natural craving for sweets

Beef Peptides Block Bitter Tastes

May 17, 2018

Most people try to avoid bitter flavors because they find them unpleasant. But some healthful foods are bitter, as are some m...

Toxins Produced by E-Cigarettes Vary by Flavor

April 11, 2018

Researchers found that many of the chemicals used to flavor e-cigarettes increased the production of free radicals, whil...

Cocoa Bean Roasting Can Preserve Both Chocolate Health Benefits, Taste

April 5, 2018

Recent finding flies in the face of previous studies that indicate that roasting always results in a reduction in the polyphe...

Yeast Research Aims to Reduce Stress for New York Wineries

March 5, 2018

For vintners, stressed yeast introduces difficult production dilemmas that can change the efficiency and even flavor during w...

Are Humans "Smeller Underachievers?" Not So Fast…

February 27, 2018

A growing number of scientists are advancing the argument that smell has a powerful influence on emotions and behavior

Sushi's Sublime Secrets

February 8, 2018

What creates the subtle interplay of flavors in your tuna nigiri?

The Challenges of Analyzing Flavors in Foods

February 1, 2018

Flavor comes from a complex collection of chemical characteristics, and more

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