By: Ervina (#ESR2) “Are you ready to become a taste detective?” that was the first phrase presented to the children during the sensory testing of Ervina (ESR2). Undertaking a sensory test with children is not easy since they are not “mini-adults”. Therefore, a different approach should be used. Children have shorter attention spans than adults,…
By: Ervina (#ESR2) Children have different perceptions on how they respond to taste. The same concentration of bitter and sour tastes contained in one glass of grapefruit juice could for example be perceived differently by different individuals. One child may perceive that bitterness is stronger than sourness while the other may perceive a stronger sour…
17.12.2021
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basic taste, Children, ESR2, Fattiness, food preferences, gamification, individual differences, preadolescents, Sensory testing, taste sensitivity
Children have different perceptions on how they respond to taste. For example, the same concentration of bitter and sour tastes contained in one glass of grapefruit juice could be perceived differently. One child may perceive that bitterness is stronger than sourness while the other may perceive a stronger sour than bitter taste. There are also…
07.12.2021
News , publication
basic taste, Children, ESR2, Fattiness, food preferences, gamification, individual differences, preadolescents, Sensory testing, taste sensitivity
There have been different studies established in the field of taste sensitivity and food liking. However, it is still uncertain how different taste sensitivity measures relate to each other and to food liking, especially in preadolescent subjects. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between basic tastes sensitivity, fattiness sensitivity, and food liking in preadolescents.…