The Secrets of Your Food
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- Episode
- Episode 2 - A Matter of Taste
- Broadcast Info
- 2017 (58 mins)
- Description
- The Secrets of Your Food is the delicious science story of the food on your plate. Michael Mosley and James Wong present a celebration of the physics, chemistry and biology that lies hidden inside every bite. Together they travel the world and take over the UK’s leading food lab as they deconstruct our favourite meals, taking us inside the food, right down to the molecular level. In this episode, "A Matter of Taste," Michael and James explore how the marriage between chemistry and biology is the root of all the sensations, tastes and flavours that we enjoy in our food. Michael begins by deconstructing a Thai meal. Its effect on the tongue can be reduced down to just five tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and the less well-known umami.
- Genre
- Nutrition; Science; Biology
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The Open University, "The Secrets of Your Food". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/227618 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)