Multiple-channel flavor delivery system

As a research tool, the multiple-channel flavor delivery system (McFlads) offers many opportunities for study. Presentation of flavor stimuli in solution is, of course, a simplification of many eating experiences (because of the absence of food matrix and the mastication required to break it down). However, this simplification facilitates the study of fundamental interactions among the senses, without variations caused by mastication. McFlads allows the delivery of multiple stimuli in-mouth in a temporally controlled fashion and results in retronasal aroma delivery, which is representative of human ingestion. Taste, aroma, and tactile stimuli (e.g., viscous liquids) can be presented in this fashion. 

Figure 1 The multiple-channel flavor delivery system (McFlads) pumping setup for the strawberry flavor experiment.

Data are the mean of 14 panelists. McFlads, multiple-channel flavor delivery system. Perceived intensity at 10 min has been expressed as a percentage of initial intensity (100). 

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