Food / Science

Why do we not all like the same flavours?

21:30 pm on 25 November 2024

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Are you the only one in your family who orders a hot curry when you go out for a meal?

Or maybe you dread entering feijoa season, and can't stand the smell.

Where do our food preferences come from?

Mark Leishman speaks to Professor Joanne Hort, the Fonterra-Riddet chair in consumer and sensory science at Massey University.