Glossary

Taste descriptor

A taste descriptor is a type of sensory descriptor used to describe a taste property of an ingredient. Taste descriptors used in the Foodpairing domain are: the five basic tastes ‘salty’, ‘sour’, ‘sweet’, ‘bitter’, and ‘umami’ and three additional descriptors: ‘fatty’ (or ‘oleogustus’), ‘astringent’, and ‘pungent’.