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taste

vr.tr.taste · ACT.EVT

Let an agent handle taste as a sense with basic qualities, physiology, individual variation and culinary vocabulary, and give only general health information.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent handle taste as a sense with basic qualities, physiology, individual variation and culinary vocabulary, and give only general health information.

The sense by which flavours are perceived through taste receptors on the tongue, detecting sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami, combined with smell and other sensations into flavour.

What it is for: Judging food, enjoyment and detecting harmful substances.

It can be taste and describe flavours; test taste function, clinically; develop foods and flavours; notice loss of taste as a health sign.

Distinguishing features

Five basic tastes, with others debated

Flavour combines taste, smell and texture

Varies between people

Loss of taste can signal illness

What it looks like

Not visible; described in words and scores.

How it is recognised

Basic taste words: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

Sensory evaluation scores

Culinary terms such as aftertaste or pungency

Related models

is a kind of - sense

perception

combines with - flavour

smell

is used in - evaluation

food

is confused with - another sense

taste as aesthetic preference

In practice

Families and kinds

basic tastes

pungency and other chemesthetic sensations

acquired tastes

aftertaste

Standards and regulation

ISO sensory analysis standards (such as ISO 5492)

Failure modes and hazards

Ignoring taste loss that needs medical attention

Overgeneralising individual preferences

Also called

flavourumakarapungencyumamiacquired tasteaftertastetaste thresholdcooling taste

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.taste-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Qualities What is tasted.

Basic qualities structure taste.

Basic tastes

Five qualities.

Qualities

Basic tastes.

  1. Which basic tastes are present? definition
  2. How intense? measurement

Flavour

With smell and texture.

Flavour

Flavour description.

  1. How is the overall flavour described? definition
  2. What role does smell play? definition
Physiology How taste works.

Physiology explains variation.

Receptors

Taste buds.

Receptors

Receptor mechanisms.

  1. How are these tastes detected? definition
  2. What is the evidence? provenance

Variation

Between people.

Variation

Individual differences.

  1. Why do people taste things differently? definition
  2. Are genetic differences involved? provenance
Evaluation Sensory testing.

Standard methods make tasting comparable.

Methods

Panels.

Methods

Sensory methods.

  1. Which sensory evaluation method is used? provenance
  2. Is the panel trained? provenance

Vocabulary

Terms.

Vocabulary

Standard vocabulary.

  1. Which standard vocabulary applies? provenance
  2. How are terms translated? action
Health Taste disorders.

Taste changes may signal illness.

Loss

Ageusia.

Loss

Taste loss.

  1. When should loss of taste be checked by a clinician? action
  2. What are common causes, per reliable sources? provenance

Diet

Salt and sugar.

Diet

Dietary aspects.

  1. How do taste preferences affect salt and sugar intake? definition
  2. What does guidance suggest? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should basic tastes be separate entries?
  • How should sensory vocabulary be standardised?
  • How should taste disorders be linked?