Flavors are what create the enjoyable sensations we experience when we eat a food or drink a beverage, such as taste and smell. In nature, individual components work together to create what we recognize as a food’s flavor. For example, peaches consist of more than 100 individual components that make a peach taste like peach.
Every flavoring is rigorously assessed to ensure safety by an esteemed international panel of scientific experts from prestigious academic and research institutions across the world. This process is recognized by over 100 countries globally.
Read on to learn about flavors, flavor safety, benefits of flavors, and more!
Enjoying flavors in foods and beverages contributes to a person’s overall well-being.
Flavors have been safely added to the foods and beverages we enjoy for hundreds of years, and today's flavor industry is committed to the continued safety of its ingredients.
What gives meat its crave-worthy flavor? From umami compounds to the Maillard Reaction, discover the science behind meat flavor and why we love it.
Food is one of the most powerful ways to experience the world. Each cuisine tells a story—of geography, tradition, and innovation. Flavors are at the heart of these culinary experiences, allowing us to travel the globe through taste.
In today’s food landscape, flavors provide a bridge to new cultures, broadening our palates and appreciation for global cuisine.
Spices and flavors have been used for thousands of years all over the world, beginning when people used simple herbs or spices to flavor their food. Today, the flavor industry is comprised of hundreds of companies all over the world.
Farsighted, nearsighted, and 20/20 all represent your vision identity. But where do you fall on the taste-scale? Scientists refer to three categories to describe your tasting ability: supertaster, medium-taster, or – oh my – a non-taster.
February 1, 2018
By FEMA Staff
Have you ever noticed that when you have a cold, food just doesn’t taste right? You’re not alone.