Effects of Color on the Taste Sense of Fruit Flavored Jelly
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The colors of foods, which may remind ones of the tastes, are important for the delicate sensing. Jellies with the tastes and flavors but with several colors for apple, lemon, strawberry and orange, were prepared. Sensory evaluations of the samples in regard to the colors and tastes were examined with 20 subjects/one sample by the questionnaire method. The results are summarized as follows. 1. The kinds of fruits presumed were correctly judged when the colors, tastes and flavors are in agreement with the native ones. Subjects answered that their judgements were made first by the colors and afterward confirmed by the agreement of the impressions with the tastes and flavors. 2. When the colors, tastes and flavors were unmatched, unusual sense and distaste were shown. 3. Among the jellies with the same taste and flavor but with different colors, yellow one tasted sour most strongly, indicating the strong influence of the colors on the tastes. 4. With jellies like Lemon and Mellon having peculiar tastes and flavors, the tastes were not so mach influenced by the colors.
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Food Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7145954800