Factors amending the perception of flavor

Giovanna C. Strapasson, Sandra M. W. Barreira, Grace M.F.C. Wille, Rogério A. Mulinari

Abstract


The sense of taste is generally regarded as less important compared with vision and hearing. However, disturbances in this direction greatly reduce the pleasures of life and can lead to serious problems and may attorney is a life-threatening. Since, people with sensitivity to taste and odor may try to compensate forreduced losses by increasing the intake substances that may be harmful if ingested in excess. Furthermore, the sensory properties of foods play a role not only in determining their consumption, but also in determining satiety, food intake and selection of a meal.

Keywords


perception of flavor; taste disturbance factors



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v25.e2.a2013.pp111-115

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2014 Infarma - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Infarma - Ciências Farmacêuticas

ISSN - 2318-9312 (Versão eletrônica)

ISSN - 0104-0219 (Versão impressa)

Conselho Federal de Farmácia - CFF

SHIS QI 15 Lote "L" - Lago Sul - Brasília - DF

CEP: 71635-615 - Fone: (61)3878-8751

e-mail:infarma@cff.org.br

Diretoria

Walter da Silva Jorge João, Presidente do Conselho Federal de Farmácia

Lenira da Silva Costa, Vice-Presidente do Conselho Federal de Farmácia

João Samuel de Morais Meira, Tesoureiro do Conselho Federal de Farmácia

Luiz Gustavo de Freitas Pires, Secretário-Geral do Conselho Federal de Farmácia