Have you ever wondered how chips have so many different flavors? Did you know that 90% of the food we eat is processed it is processed because it keeps it fresh. Scientists have been doing top secret experiments. Their discoveries can be worth millions of dollars, and often have the power to change the lives of people around the world.
Men and women are flavorists, scientists who devote their lives to making food taste delicious. These men and women are experts at concocting flavors you will love, whether it's a lip smacking berry for a sports drink or a mouth watering chili cheese coating for a pretzel. Flavorists have to use thousands of oils, chemicals, and other substances. Did you know that in a strawberry or any other milkshake there …show more content…
Well, it can take years of experimenting in the lab. A successful flavor of gum, or a new Doritos flavor can make millions of dollars for that company. That is why flavor companies guard or keep their flavors top secret. Did you know that 85% of what we perceive as taste we actually sense through smell?
Scientists have also discovered that texture of something can also make you love it, like buttery softness of a cookie, the delightful ooze of cheese on a pizza— is just as important as taste. The companies nearly know what we prefer like how much salt we want on you chips, and how many chocolate chips we want in our cookie. If it has the right flavor and texture we will not know when we are full, so we will just keep eating and eating.
Until the 1700s in Europe people would kill or fight each other for nutmeg, peppercorns, and even cloves because they were so valuably. Since these spices were so expensive handfuls of the people with them would soon become millionaires. Sometimes bloody battles were fought off the coast of Europe on a island where they grew. Humans have found many ways to make there food more appetizing, but it was not just the smells and flavors that certain spices were so expensive. By the end of the 1700s people started figuring out that they can grow their own
Men and women are flavorists, scientists who devote their lives to making food taste delicious. These men and women are experts at concocting flavors you will love, whether it's a lip smacking berry for a sports drink or a mouth watering chili cheese coating for a pretzel. Flavorists have to use thousands of oils, chemicals, and other substances. Did you know that in a strawberry or any other milkshake there …show more content…
Well, it can take years of experimenting in the lab. A successful flavor of gum, or a new Doritos flavor can make millions of dollars for that company. That is why flavor companies guard or keep their flavors top secret. Did you know that 85% of what we perceive as taste we actually sense through smell?
Scientists have also discovered that texture of something can also make you love it, like buttery softness of a cookie, the delightful ooze of cheese on a pizza— is just as important as taste. The companies nearly know what we prefer like how much salt we want on you chips, and how many chocolate chips we want in our cookie. If it has the right flavor and texture we will not know when we are full, so we will just keep eating and eating.
Until the 1700s in Europe people would kill or fight each other for nutmeg, peppercorns, and even cloves because they were so valuably. Since these spices were so expensive handfuls of the people with them would soon become millionaires. Sometimes bloody battles were fought off the coast of Europe on a island where they grew. Humans have found many ways to make there food more appetizing, but it was not just the smells and flavors that certain spices were so expensive. By the end of the 1700s people started figuring out that they can grow their own