date:Apr 22, 2016
try has selectively bred-out bitter tasting compounds rendering the resulting food potentially less nutritive. Hence, the consumer may be trading the nutritional value of food for better tasting food.3
How is Bitterness Perceived?
The tongue is covered in visible bumps known as papillae, in which are located taste pores, each hosting up to 100 taste cells. The sensation of taste has been subdivided into five basic tastessweet, sour, salty, umami and bitter. Bitter, sweet and umami tastes are tri