Eating with your Senses!

Trying new foods You will try many different foods during your life Use multiple senses: Taste Smell Sight Touch

Trying new foods Evaluate foods based on: Appearance—sight Texture—touch Flavor—smell (aroma) and taste

Tasting Salty Sweet Sour Umami Bitter

Tasting Taste Buds You have 10,000!! Bitter Taste-sensitive zones Sour Salty Sweet

Keep trying different foods! Taste buds are modified "skin-like" cells, with a life span of approximately seven days.

Tasting Method Taste a product in small amounts Allow food to touch entire tongue Cleanse palate with water between tastings Concentrate on what you are tasting

Why are you eating that?

Food Choices Personal Preference Habit Ethnic Heritage Tradition

Food Choices Social settings Convenience Associations Emotional Comfort

Food Choices Values Body Weight Mom or dad told me to! Nutrition Meat

Savvy tasters!

Picky Eaters! Nibble and walk away Wait for 24 hours If sick, avoid the food True survivors

How human taste evolved Taste and smell help us identify acidity→spoilage bitterness→poison saltiness→tasty sweetness→YUM!