“Go and suck eggs” is the basic experimental method in a series of studies done by Hugh B Cott, of Cambridge University, in the early 1950s. The titles are pretty self-explanatory: The Palatability of the Eggs of Birds – Illustrated By Experiments on the Food Preferences of the Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). The Palatability of the […]
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Cat food, dog food, and thou
Pet food taste-testing by humans rose to a new level of formality this year, with the publication of two scholarly studies. A paper called Optimising the Sensory Characteristics and Acceptance of Canned Cat Food: Use of a Human Taste Panel appeared in February. Its author, Professor GJ Pickering, of Brock University in St Catharines, Ontario, […]