Pigments Flashcards
What is flavour?
Sensation produced by a food in the mouth and nose when a food is ingested
What are the 3 components of food flavour?
- Taste- signal from tongue
- Odor or smell - signal from nose
- Mouthfeel
What are 5 different taste sensations?
- sweet
- sour
- salty
- bitter
- umami **
What are 7 different types of door?
- ethereal (caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds)
- pungent
- putrid
- floral
- minty
- musky
- camphoraceous (wood or leaves of the camphor tree or synthesized and used as an insect repellent)
Mouthfeel is perceived by what parts of the mouth?
teeth, jaws, and tongue
What is sweet taste a result of chemically?
electronegative elements of organic molecules
What are 2 examples of alcohols that give off a sweet taste? What electronegative element in these compounds give off the sweet taste?
glycerol, xylitol
O
What is 1 example of an aldehyde that gives off a sweet taste? What electronegative element in these compounds give off the sweet taste?
cinnamic aldehyde
O
What is 1 example of an amino acid that gives off a sweet taste? What electronegative element in these compounds give off the sweet taste?
D-Histidine
N
Which 2 electronegatine elements are responsible for the sweet taste of organic molecules ?
O & N
Which sugar is used as the reference for Relative Sweetness of sugars?
Sucrose
What is the relative sweetness of lactose?
0.27
What is the relative sweetness of maltose?
0.5
What is the relative sweetness of glucose?
0.5-0.7
What is the relative sweetness of galactose?
0.6