Changes in orosensory perception related to aging and strategies for counteracting its influence on food preferences among older adults

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-59

  Song, Xiao ^a   Giacalone, Davide ^b   Bølling Johansen, Susanne M ^a   Frøst, Michael Bom ^a   Bredie, Wender L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Compensatory strategies; Flavor enhancement; Food preferences; Orosensory changes; Texture modification

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

AGING POPULATION; COMPENSATORY STRATEGY; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD PREFERENCE; OROSENSORY CHANGES; TEXTURE MODIFICATION; WORLD POPULATION;

NUTRITION;

EID: 84969594421     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.04.004     Document Type: Review

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