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Vanilla: The Trickster can Make Your Milkshake Healthy

by Hannah Joy on Jun 22 2019 5:41 PM

Adding vanilla to milk beverages tricks the brain into thinking that the beverage is sweeter. So, if you wanna cut down on added sugar, then add vanilla to your milkshake.

Vanilla: The Trickster can Make Your Milkshake Healthy
Milkshakes can be made healthy by adding vanilla essence to the beverage. The vanilla flavor tricks your brain into thinking that the beverage is sweeter and thus, helps you to cut down on added sugar.
With the addition of vanilla, //the added sugar content in flavored milk could potentially be reduced by 20 to 50 per cent, suggested lead researcher Gloria Wang who conducted the research at Pennsylvania State University in the US.

"Reducing added sugar in products, just like reducing fat and salt, is the holy grail of food science," said Helene Hopfer, Assistant Professor of Food Science at Pennsylvania State University in the US.

The idea that congruent or harmonious odors enhance certain tastes is not new, explained Hopfer.

In a blind taste test that provided new insights into taste enhancement by an aroma, participants -- who did not know vanilla had been added to the milk -- consistently indicated that samples with vanilla were significantly sweeter than their added sugar concentrations could explain.

"We maintain the sweetness perception by having this congruent odor -- this learned, associated odor -- basically trick the brain into thinking that there is still enough sweetness there," said Wang, now an associate scientist in product development with Leprino Foods Co. in Colorado, US.

The researchers believe that the study, published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, offers people a workable option to reduce added sugar in their products and retain the sweetness consumers demand.

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