Are Free Fatty Acids Effective Taste Stimuli in Humans?: Presented at the Symposium "The Taste for Fat: New Discoveries on the Role of Fat in Sensory Perception, Metabolism, Sensory Pleasure and Beyond" Held at the Institute of Food Technologists 2011 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La., June 12, 2011

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tucker, Robin M ^a   Mattes, Richard D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat taste; Fatty acid; Human; Taste quality

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE; TASTE;

DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HUMANS; MOUTH; PLEASURE; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857776257     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02518.x     Document Type: Article

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