taste
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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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
combines with - flavour
is used in - evaluation
is confused with - another sense
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
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.
- Which basic tastes are present? definition
- How intense? measurement
Flavour
With smell and texture.
Flavour
Flavour description.
- How is the overall flavour described? definition
- What role does smell play? definition
Physiology How taste works.
Physiology explains variation.
Receptors
Taste buds.
Receptors
Receptor mechanisms.
- How are these tastes detected? definition
- What is the evidence? provenance
Variation
Between people.
Variation
Individual differences.
- Why do people taste things differently? definition
- Are genetic differences involved? provenance
Evaluation Sensory testing.
Standard methods make tasting comparable.
Methods
Panels.
Methods
Sensory methods.
- Which sensory evaluation method is used? provenance
- Is the panel trained? provenance
Vocabulary
Terms.
Vocabulary
Standard vocabulary.
- Which standard vocabulary applies? provenance
- How are terms translated? action
Health Taste disorders.
Taste changes may signal illness.
Loss
Ageusia.
Loss
Taste loss.
- When should loss of taste be checked by a clinician? action
- What are common causes, per reliable sources? provenance
Diet
Salt and sugar.
Diet
Dietary aspects.
- How do taste preferences affect salt and sugar intake? definition
- 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?