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Monell Offers New Information about Sweet Taste Receptors

Discovery includes taste cells having several sugar detectors other than those previously known

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Sweet Solutions for Medicine Flavoring

As natural flavors and digital technologies push flavoring for medication forward, the flavorist must continue to address bitterness in base ingredients and create innovative, market-ready taste solutions.

The Sweet Smell of Standards

We can conclude with confidence that the demand for new international standards in the field of essential oils will continue to grow. We need such standards to facilitate world trade and to promote the quality of the products.

Endocannabinoids Enhance Sweet Taste: Study

A study by Monell Chemical Senses Center and Kyushu University revealed that endocannabinoids act directly on taste receptors on the tongue to enhance sweet taste.

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Will Nixing the EU’s Sugar Quota Bring Sweet Change?

The EU’s quota system for sugar will end as of Sept. 30, 2017, which means that foreign trade will play a greater role in the balance of the market in the EU for this type of food and beverage sweetener.

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Sweetness Sensation Linked to Bitter Receptor, Varies in Children

Genotype analysis revealed that sucrose thresholds and sensitivity were related to variation in the bitter receptor gene but not in the two sweet receptor genes.

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Don't Sweat: Cocoa Sweeter With Stress?

A recent report looked at how different growing and weather conditions could impact the chemical composition of cocoa and its taste.

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Patent Pick: Highly Potent Dairy Sweetener

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's choice from Coca-Cola is a dairy composition having a highly potent sweet taste.

Volatile Release from Mint-Flavored Sweets

In this paper we report results from instrumental analysis of menthol and menthone in the breath of individuals eating a range of mint-flavored sweets. These results demonstrate the reproducibility of breath volatile analysis for assessing the aroma-release characteristics of mint-flavored products.

Saccharin—the sweet and sour saga

The focus on saccharin highlights the basic deficiencies in the criteria by which food ingredients are evaluated for safety, particularly when the spector of cancer hangs overhead. The existing evaluation of all aspects of the safety of saccharin has caused an improvement in the safety evaluation proceedings and the benefits have impacted throughout the food industry, its regulators, and the scientific disciplines they rely upon.

Study: Sweet Taste Pecerption May Be Altered By Stress Hormone

Study finds that sweet taste perception and intake may be specifically affected via secretion of Glucocorticoid (GC) hormones and subsequent activation of GC receptors in taste cells.

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Sweet Solutions: Givaudan Launches Sugar Reduction Approach

Givaudan's latest method for sugar reduction combines a proprietary sensory language, novel ingredients and the company's expertise in sweetness.

Some Mammals Lack Sense of Sweet Taste

Scientists find that some carnivorous animals’ taste buds have evolved to reflect their diets

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Patent Pick: Taking Control Over Stevia's Sweetness

Rebaudioside D is in high demand. Just ask any dieter. Its impact on the sweetness of stevia is what drove these innovators to improve controls over its levels during the sweetener's production. This patent explains.

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A Sweet Outlook for Bioproduction and Flavors

At Flavorcon 2018, Brendon Dusel, senior scientist for Conagen Inc., will discuss the future of bioproduced flavors and how it has impacted the food and beverage markets.

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A Sugar Alternative for the Sweet Tooth Addict

Companies are on high alert to reduce sugar significantly to follow the guidelines the government has put into place. Omega Ingredients has responded to this concern with a new sugar alternative powder, which can be used in a variety of foods and drinks.

Tastesense Sweet is a range of taste solutions that improve the taste of reduced- or low-sugar products.

Kerry Releases Life Cycle Assessment of Tastesense Sweet

Tastesense Sweet is a range of taste solutions that improve the taste of reduced- or low-sugar products.

Study: Carbonation Alters the Brain's Perception of Sweetness

The right combination of carbonation and artificial sweeteners can leave the sweet taste of diet drinks indistinguishable from normal drinks, says the study's author.

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