Tag: taste

UF Scientists Hope to Breed Better-Tasting Sweet Corn

by Brad Buck
September 4, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida scientists plan to use a $7.3 million, four-year grant to find the genetic traits that will make sweet corn taste even better, last longer and grow better across the nation. Mark Settles, a professor ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Charles Sims, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Genetics, Horticultural Sciences Department, Marcio Resende, Mark Settles, News, Sweet Corn, Taste

Tasty tomatoes and other produce: A UF/IFAS expert urges scientists to breed for flavor

by Brad Buck
April 4, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Imagine sinking your teeth into a fat, bright red tomato, whose aroma promises a tantalizing treat. Instead, you realize you got a great looker, but not a great taster. That's because the consumer has been left out of the ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Consumer, Crops, Flavor Genetics, Harry Klee, News, Smell, Taste, Tomato

Do you love seedless watermelons in the hot summer? UF scientists are on the case

by Brad Buck
July 12, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some people love to eat a juicy, seedless watermelon for a tasty, refreshing snack during a hot, Florida summer day. University of Florida scientists have found a way to stave off potential diseases while retaining that ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Fusarium Wilt, Grafting, Horticultural Sciences Department, News, Seedless Watermelons, Squash Rootstock, Taste, Watermelons, Xin Zhao

Nutrients are nice, but produce better pass the taste test

by Brad Buck
April 11, 2017

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Consumers want produce that tickles their taste buds and is easy on the eye, but they think quality fruits and vegetables are a matter of luck, according to University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Amy Simonne, Appearance, Breeding, Consumers, Family, Family, Youth And Community Sciences, Horticultural Sciences, Jeff Brecht, Nutrition, Produce, Smell, Taste

National Strawberry Day: Time to Recognize UF/IFAS Breeding Program

by Brad Buck
February 17, 2016

Please see caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As National Strawberry Day approaches on Feb. 27, you can bite into a Florida strawberry, and you might taste the tang of the fruits bred through the combined efforts of University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Breeding, Disease, Smell, Strawberries, Taste, Vance Whitaker

Peaches more marketable to younger people, but everyone wants the fruit to melt in their mouth

by Brad Buck
September 21, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Young consumers are more likely to buy peaches than older people, and those 18- to 24-year-olds prefer crisp, firm peaches with good flavor, a new University of Florida study shows. In fact, people aged 51 to 68 ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Consumers, Horticultural Sciences, Peaches, Smell, Taste

UF/IFAS scientists zero in on genetic traits for best blueberry taste

by Brad Buck
September 18, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have taken a big step toward breeding tastier blueberries with a three-year study that examined the traits consumers desire. Now they have ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Blueberries, Cultivars, Genetics, Horticultural Sciences, Taste

UF/IFAS study shows flavor trumps health for blueberry buying

by Brad Buck
August 5, 2014

Cutline at bottom GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Taste trumps health benefits for blueberry buyers, sending a strong message that fruit consumers value flavor most, new University of Florida research shows. About 61 percent of blueberry consumers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Blueberries, Breeding, Nutrition, Taste, Thomas Colquhoun

UF scientists identify natural compounds that enhance humans’ perception of sweetness

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 15, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida taste scientist Linda Bartoshuk and her colleagues want to play a trick on you — but it’s for your own good. The UF team has identified a group of naturally occurring compounds that enhance the ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bartoshuk, Charlies Sims, David Clark, Harry Klee, Natural Sweetener, Smell, Taste

UF/IFAS scientists discover enzyme that improves flavor of ripening tomatoes

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 1, 2012

Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The enzyme CXE1 will never be a household name, but a new University of Florida study suggests that tomato lovers owe it a debt of thanks nonetheless -- without it, their favorite fruit might not be ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CXE1, Enzyme, Harry Klee, Taste, Tomato

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