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How does the way food looks or its smell influence taste?


During a class experiment, a few french researchers colored a white wine red with odorless dye and asked wine experts to describe the taste of it. They ended up saying it tastes like any normal red wine rather than the white wine suggesting that the color did in fact make a difference. Sight influences perception completely. Food and drinks are identified by their sense of smell and sight not taste. To our brains, taste is the combination of a food's taste, smell and touch into one. This combination takes place because of chewing or sipping comes from the mouth. Flavor is also another term to describe the taste meaning smell doesn't simply influence all of it.
Taste sensations include sweet, sour, bitter, savory, and fat. When these things are placed in our mouths, the taste cells are activated and we perceive a type of flavor. It activates sensory cells located side by side with taste sells that tell us how the temperature, spiciness, or creaminess results in.


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-how-does-sight-smell-affect-taste/