Weight Management: NIZO Food Research
posted on June 8, 2009
NIZO Food Research
Trend: Weight Management
Product: Flavor induced satiety
Commercialized: 2009
As a provider of technologies for innovations in food, NIZO Food Research (Booth 1519) has proven that aromas in food, sensed during consumption, have an effect on satiation. This can be used to develop premium foods that induce an increased level of satiety to prevent consumers from overeating.
Liquids appear to be less satiating than solids, as solid foods have a more-complex texture and therefore require more extensive chewing and swallowing, resulting in a relative long and high retro-nasal aroma release profile. On the other hand, consumption of liquid food results in a relatively short and more spiked, limited aroma release pattern. These differences account for why people become more satiated by a solid food than a beverage. NIZO found that a beverage becomes more satiating when the retro-nasal aroma release profile coincides with that of a solid food.
Combined with its expertise in health and texture and its application knowledge, NIZO can now assist industry in confidential projects to apply this concept in developing more-satiating foods.