Fostering infant food texture acceptance: A pilot intervention promoting food texture introduction between 8 and 15 months

Food Texture: Sensory Evaluation

Food Texture: Sensory Evaluation

Food Texture Preferences in Infants Versus Toddlers

Previous research has demonstrated that newborns are capable of preferentially responding to distinct tastes and food-related odors. However. whether infants are also capable of responding to distinct food textures has not been previously investigated. The present research determined whether food texture preferences differ during two developmental periods. infancy and toddlerhood. and whether e...

A Novel Method for Measuring Texture Using a Food Processor

12 Measurement of food texture is becoming increasingly important to help 13 prevent mis-swallowing in elderly individuals. However, it is difficult to estimate food 14 texture for mastication and swallowing. In this study, a mixing-recording method was 15 applied to measure food texture. A commercial food processor was used to homogenize 16 food gels, and the torque was monitored as an electri...

A mechanosensory receptor required for food texture detection in Drosophila

Textural properties provide information on the ingestibility, digestibility and state of ripeness or decay of sources of nutrition. Compared with our understanding of the chemosensory assessment of food, little is known about the mechanisms of texture detection. Here we show that Drosophila melanogaster can discriminate food texture, avoiding substrates that are either too hard or too soft. Man...