Journal Reference: Qiaoran Li, Craig Montell. Mechanism for food texture preference based on grittiness. Current Biology, 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.007 ...

In prior work, Montell and his group have elucidated the nuances at play in the sense of taste. In 2016, they found a channel that enables flies to sense the hardness and viscosity of their food by ...

Metro Trial of scrap metal dealers cracks the lid open on industry's gritty operations Published: Jun. 20, 2009, 11:51 p.m. By Peter Krouse, cleveland.com ...

Texture can provide a lot of information about food. It can indicate freshness or spoilage. For instance, fruit often becomes mealy when they start to spoil.