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There is, in fact, quite a science of producing foods that have pleasing tastes. They call the optimum combination of flavors the "bliss point": http://www.ny
by splat 12y ago
There is, in fact, quite a science of producing foods that have pleasing tastes. They call the optimum combination of flavors the "bliss point":
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary...
- res0nat0r 12y agoSalt, Sugar, Fat is a great book about this: http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/0812982193 http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/081298... That might be linked in the article, but even clicking thru via a google search it is locked down now so I can't check.
- DanBC 12y agoThose foods are hyper-appetizing but they're not what most people call delicious.
- res0nat0r 12y agoThat comment is more about how companies create and hook us on mass market food using those three properties in the book title. There also is specifically a lot of talk about food chemistry and their use of the "bliss point".