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Mouthfeel: How Texture Makes Taste

By Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbæk

Published 2017

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Substance that affects the nerve endings of the trigeminal nerve, also known as chemesthesis. This causes irritation, which is, in principle a danger signal that it might damage the mucous membranes. Capsaicin found in chile peppers is an irritant.

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