background: date (phoenix dactylifera l.) is one of the most important agricultural crops in iran. this study was carried out to determine the possibility of using date paste for manufacturing a new ready-to-eat food product. methods: various formulations were prepared by mixing mazafati date paste, bread, oil (animal and olive), nuts and spices but only six formulas were chosen according to se...

Previous functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging studies evaluated the role of satiety on cortical taste area activity and highlighted decreased activation in the orbito-frontal cortex when food was eaten until satiation. The modulation of orbito-frontal neurons (secondary taste area) by ad libitum food intake has been associated with the pleasantness of the food's flavor. The insula and frontal ...

THE SENSE OF TASTE IS CRITICAL for the decision to ingest or reject the contents of the oral cavity. The functional unit of the taste system is the taste bud, an onion-shaped structure containing 100 taste cells. The taste sensation is initiated when tastants, for example, a molecule of sucrose, bind to and activate taste receptors expressed at the surface of microvilli at the apical side of th...

instructions in infants and children are unsavory or bitter taste, formulations which are very powdery, and multiple dosings. Powdery medicines in particular often taste unpleasant, even in taste-masked formulations. Recently, a number of jelly products have been developed that aim to improve compliance by aiding swallowing. When the drug is incorporated in the jelly product, swallowing is made...

In contrast to carbohydrates and proteins, which are detected by specialized taste receptors in the forms of their respective building blocks, sugars, and L-amino acids, the third macronutrient, lipids, has until now not been associated with gustatory receptors. Instead, the recognition of fat stimuli was believed to rely mostly on textural, olfactory, and postingestive cues. During the recent ...

Many activities can be carried out in virtual reality environments, and at present, reproducing the activity of eating or drinking is one developing field. Virtual divided into two types: those with food mouth without placing mouth. studies have focused on changing taste, size, texture when drinking, but few recreating sensation actually One challenges virtually use drink how swallowing recreat...