WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fat should be considered the sixth taste and can be called oleogustus, according to a study from Purdue University. "Most of the fat we eat is in the form of triglycerides, ...

A recent Nutrients journal study explores the association between polymorphisms in the bitter taste receptor genes, alcohol consumption, and body fat percentage. Study: The Influence of Taste Genes on ...

We all love delicious foods, even if we know they may not be good for us. Foods high in energy — specifically sweet, salty, and fatty foods — tend to taste the best. This is likely because our ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It wasn't your imagination that the fat-free chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream didn't taste as good as the creme de la creme version, despite what the label said. Your ...

One of the best things about the taste of milk chocolate is its wonderful creamy smoothness. That feeling is due to the presence of fat. In spite of this universal feeling that fatty foods produce on ...

There are five acknowledged tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and (slightly more controversially) umami. For awhile now, researchers have suggested the existence of a sixth taste: fat. Now, a new ...

Cigarette smoking among obese women appears to interfere with their ability to taste fats and sweets, a new study shows. Despite craving high-fat, sugary foods, these women were less likely than ...

On Wednesday, the New York City Health Department asked local restaurants to stop using trans fats in their food. Health officials hope that reduced use of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (which ...

The sense of taste informs the organism about the quality of ingested food. It comprises five sub-modalities that perceive sweet, salt, sour, bitter, and umami stimuli. The possibility for an ...

Scientists have discovered that juvenile bottlenose dolphins have specialized receptors for detecting the fatty acids in their mother's milk. These findings, published in the journal Marine Mammal ...