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Dim Lighting Can Make Food Taste Less Intense, Study Finds - Food and Wine
Dim lighting may be considered more romantic, but if your amorous occasion happens to be a meal, you could be sacrificing the taste of your food in the name of love. Over the years, we’ve seen studies about how things like hearing certain music or the feel of different silverware can affect how food tastes. Now, research suggests the better you can see your food, the better it can taste. Eat with your eyes, indeed!
A recent study conducted at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in The Netherlands evaluated the “influence of brightness on overall taste intensity perception” and found that more intense light led to more intense flavor.
Dim lighting may be considered more romantic, but if your amorous occasion happens to be a meal, you could be sacrificing the taste of your food in the name of love. Over the years, we’ve seen studies about how things like hearing certain music or the feel of different silverware can affect how food tastes. Now, research suggests the better you can see your food, the better it can taste. Eat with your eyes, indeed!
A recent study conducted at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in The Netherlands evaluated the “influence of brightness on overall taste intensity perception” and found that more intense light led to more intense flavor.