Lively, if not entirely cheerful, debate can be provoked by mentioning this study done by a researcher at the Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand: “Effect of Stress-Related Changes in Sheepmeat Ultimate pH on Cooked Odor and Flavor,” T.J. Braggins, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 1996, 44 (8), pp 2352–2360: “In this study […]
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Tastes Like Chicken
Rocketboom reports on Joe Staton’s study “Tastes Like Chicken, which was published in volume 4, number 4 (in 1998) of the Annals of Improbable Research: Staton is a professor at the University of South Carolina. A chart from his study is reproduced below. You can find a pdf of the entire article here. BONUS: The study is cited […]
Studies reveal: Water tastes like water
Can people perceive the difference between bottled water and tap water? Two studies suggest that – at least in France and in Northern Ireland – water tastes like water. A French research team ran a taste test of six different bottled mineral waters and six municipal tap waters. This was a collaboration between two scientific institutes (CNRS, […]
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, […]