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Improve your knowledge of the role our five senses play in our perception of the food we eat. Like windows to the world, our senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste tell us about the shape, texture, taste, crispness and temperature of food.

What role do our 5 senses play in our perception of the food we eat?

The aim is to understand the role our five senses play in our relationship to food. When we eat, our sensory organs collect millions of pieces of information, without us even realising. They tell us about the colour, shape, temperature, texture and taste of food to give us a complete picture of it.  

What role do our 5 senses play in our perception of the food we eat?

Like doing a puzzle, our five senses simultaneously collect a whole range of information about food: its colour, shape, taste, smell, temperature and texture, so that we can picture it in detail.

Sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste... How do we use our 5 senses when we eat? food-and-the-5-senses