Does sense of smell and sight affect food taste?

Answer 1

Most of the time, what we call taste is intrinsicially tied to smell. Traditionally taste has only 4 measurable concepts: salty, sweet, sour, bitter. Some cultures regard savoriness and piquance as major taste experiences, and taste buds can also detect fatty acids as a distinct flavor.

Taste also determines texture and temperature.

Smell is capable of a much wider variance because it detects actual chemical molecules released into the air, and further refines them (as does taste) by their intensity (or molecular concentration).

Smell and TasteThe ability to distinguish various foods relies predominantly on the sense of smell. This explains why foods seem to have little taste for a person who is suffering from a head cold. The taste and smell of appetizing foods prepare the digestive tract for digestion by stimulating the flow of saliva in the mouth and gastric juice in the stomach. Our chemorecptors used for both taste and smell adapt quickly to any stimulus.

One reason Americans may be becoming more obese as a population is that we serve too much food in one course. It is usually the case that we actually stop tasting our food after the 3rd or 4th bite, but we don't realize it because we are still smelling it. The nasal cavity and oral cavity are closely connected, separated only by the palate. So it makes sense that the two senses go hand in hand.

An ExperimentI recently did a science experiment for the school science fair. My results said that what you smell does affect what you taste. I had people eat starburst candy while smelling vanilla extract. The majority of the people said that the smell of the vanilla made the starburst taste odd. Others couldn't even taste while they were smelling the vanilla.

Answer 2

What you see and smell on the plate definitely affects the way the food tastes. If you smell something raunchy, 7 out of 10 times it'll taste just as it smells. However, if you hold your nose while taking a bite, it won't taste as bad...almost bland, actually. As for the sight, not so much. You can't smell through your eyes. However, if something looks unappetizing you expect it taste bad...so when you taste it, it more likely will taste bad, because it's already in your head how it'll taste.

Answer 3

yes it does my fine friend without smell when we eat we wouldn't be able to smell mints when we eat them its like when you have a cold your all bunged up so if you try drinking, smelling or eating the smell always seems a little different.

Answer 4

Yes, both our sense of smell and sight can greatly impact our perception of food taste. The sense of smell, in particular, plays a significant role in our ability to detect flavors, as we rely on aromas to enhance our taste experience. Similarly, our visual perception of food, such as its appearance and presentation, can affect our expectations and influence how we perceive its taste.

Answer 5

yes,smell dose afect your taste. smell is an important part of taste. without smell you would not taste any thing. so if you were born with no sense of smell you were also born with no taste.

Answer 6

Yes the sense of taste is very closely related to the sense of smell. Loss of smell drastically reduces the sense of taste.

Answer 7

yes it does, greatly smell is 40% of taste i believe.

Answer 8

if you smell something that's what you except to taste. So you taste what you smell.

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