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Revisiting sugar-fat mixtures: sweetness and creaminess vary with phenotypic markers of oral sensation.
Chemical senses - 1 Mar 2007
Hayes John E, Duffy Valerie B
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation in oral sensation presumably influences ingestive behaviors through sensations arising from foods and beverages. Here, we investigated the influence of taste phenotype [6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) bitterness, fungiform papillae (FP) density] on sweet and creamy sensations from sugar/fat mixtures. Seventy-nine subjects (43 males) reported the sweetness and creaminess of water or milk (skim,...
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