Ivan Panuco
Amanda Walzer
English 100
Friday, May 9th
Food Color, Texture, and Perception
A variety of bright and delectable-looking sweets at Dolcissimo Bake Shop beckons passer-bys to check them out and give in to their “sweet tooths.” French macaroons fill the shelves in bright colored rainbow flavors – from hot pink to teal blue. Smooth, whipped frosting on artificially flavored cupcakes form swirling peaks of strawberry icing. There is “brightness” to the bakery, giving a cheery welcome for customers to buy rather expensive desserts. Though customers may have an inkling that colors and flavors use artificial ingredients such as pigments used in oil paints, acetates and ketones – they tend to put it out of their minds. Sales are made. And companies profit on the knowledge of many studies which have found that color and textures of foods may greatly affect the perception of taste.
Nature teaches us from the beginning to judge and make choices about our environment based to a large extent on color. It influences sweetness perception, food preference, pleasantness and acceptability. Color has been shown to replace sugar in foods and take on the role of sweetness. It interferes with judgments of flavor and intensity of foods (Clydesdale). In the earliest records of man as a food gatherer, the colors in roots, berries and fruits were understood as healthy nutrition. Even today, in organic and natural fruits and vegetables, colors are natural and indicative of many nutrients contained in them. However, food that is processed now with artificial color is intended to fool people into thinking that those colors are nutritious. And the companies that process that food are successful in changing that thinking. A recent discovery of an...
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There is no one single sense dedicated for texture since it relies on multiple senses. Since most of the sensory information of a food’s texture takes place in the mouth, the pleasantness and taste of food may change either before, during, or after chewing. A food with an unpleasantness to the texture sensory can result in reduced consumption of the food.
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The presentation will also emphasize how persuasive advertisements can have significant effects on society, including society’s ideological perception of products and their contribution to the nation’s overall health. It was even found to have more Kilojoules than an average Mars Bar! In fact, the study found that most muesli bars usually have more than 1000 Kilojoules. See how misleading advertisements and packaging can be! These clever marketing techniques give extremely sugary foods a healthy perception to make it more enticing to buy – even though it’s still not healthier than confectionary.
Yeomans, Martin R. "Understanding Individual Differences in Acquired Flavour Liking in Humans." Chemosensory Perception 3.1 (2010): 34-41. Print.
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...ome serious genotoxic damage in the humna body at even a rather small dosage. Children suffering from ADHD are exposed to a very high risk of worsening symptoms when consuming the right amount of artificial food dyes. On other occasions, food dyes can be responsible for other, more serious cases such as cancer. As time goes on, new information is found that helps people become more and more educated on the world around them, yet, humanity is still oblivious to the things they put in and around their body. It would be apparent that people would care more about the health and safety of them and their children rather than the appearance of their food, however, the people refuse to give up the disguise of the artificially colored foods and see the true risks at hand. It is humanity that overlooks health and safety for colorful foods; one day humanity will have to learn.
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