Why does coffee taste more bitter to some people than it does to others? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have now come closer to ...

Laptop Touch-sensitive Display (TSD) as it appears during a training or test session. Response field appears on the left side of the display; the actual abscissa and ordinate of an underlying ...

Meat sales in the United States rose by more than 5% in 2024, while plant-based meat saw a 20% decline in purchases. A blind taste test conducted earlier this year found that most people preferred ...

Umami peptides are short chains of amino acids that contribute to the characteristic savoury taste through specific interactions with taste receptors. These peptides are derived from various food ...

The tongue contains numerous taste buds-tiny sensory organs responsible for detecting taste. Taste buds consist of specialized cells that translate chemical stimuli into neural signals. Among them, ...

New research suggests that common NSAIDs like ibuprofen may blunt sweet taste perception by inhibiting key taste receptors—raising questions about their potential impact on metabolism and glucose ...

Join us as we explore the fascinating science of miracle berries (Synsepalum dulcificum) and their unique power to turn sour ...

The photo shows two scientists from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich conducting research into coffee flavor in the laboratory. They are wearing lab ...