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What’s That Taste?

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 15, 2017

Under guidance from Oregon State food scientist Juyun Lim, researchers apply sample compounds with a cotton swab. Pinching off the nose ensures that taste sensations stem from the tongue and are not linked to aromatic compounds in the nasal passages. (Photo: Chis Becerra)

Taste buds contain receptors to detect molecules in food and are concentrated on the tip, sides and back of the tongue.

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A Sense for Starch

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 11, 2017

Terra story about taste research with faculty, Juyun Lim, and graduate students Alexa Pullicin and Julie Colvin. Food Science and Technology, Center for Sensory and Consumer Research, College of Agrcultural Sciences

Food scientists discover potential new taste

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Beyond Junk Food

Post author By limj
Post date August 24, 2012
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It’s not actually a conspiracy by fast-food companies to bewitch people into eating things that aren’t good for them. Well, not completely. It’s largely due to an evolutionary instinct that was useful when people wondered around in the woods searching for food, 100,000 years ago.

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