Food Sensory

4. Refers to how well one part of a food slides past another without breaking
5. Is how a food product feels to the fingers, tongue, teeth, and palate
7. the influence that links food to unpleasant or pleasant memories
9. is the ability of a substance to draw up the muscles in the mouth (puckering power)
11. is the human analysis of the taste, smell, sound, feel and appearance of food
13. when negative experience cause a person to dislike a food or a positive experience causes a person to prefer a certain food
14. Refers to the shape, size, condition and color of a product
16. Refers to the size of the particles in a food product
17. Is the combined effect of taste and aroma
18. Refers to how easily a food shatters or breaks apart

1. the four main factors that influence food likes and dislikes are ______, psychological, cultural, and environmental influences
2. Describes a food’s resistance to pressure
3. when we taste food, the molecules in the food bind to certain taste buds on our tongue and this how we determine if foods are sweet, sour, bitter or salty
6. the influence that is related to climate, geography, and fuel availability
8. a person’s ______, health and age play a role in a person’s ability to detect flavors
10. the influence that is related to region, lifestyle, religion, and holidays
12. Odors travel to the olfactory bulb through the back of the mouth and the ______
15. Describes the thinness or thickness of a product