Achieving 'Bliss': Children, Adults Differ in How They Perceive Sweetness of Fruits
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 08:52
in Psychology & Sociology
By letting participants eat UF/IFAS-developed blueberries and by measuring their sweet preferences, scientists at the Monell Center in Philadelphia found that children are more sensitive to slight variations in the sweetness of blueberries. In fact, children have a higher "bliss point" for the sweetness of fructose -- one of the main sugars in blueberries.