Food ingredients in manufactured foods are being altered to stimulate different taste buds – causing concern in the way of food is being manipulated, especially amongst convenience foods.
Food ingredients in manufactured foods are being altered to stimulate different taste buds – causing concern in the way of food is being manipulated, especially amongst convenience foods. As food science delves more into the molecular structure of tastes, then new innovations in the world of food manufacturing will continue to occur.
Vanilla essence for instance, came from uncovering a molecular structure in vanilla bean, so this artificial compound is added to sweeten foods. However molecular ingredients do not supply natural enzyme production for digestion that natural vanilla has. More in the main article.