Smelling the Fat in your Food

Researchers have just discovered that our sense of smell can detect a food’s fat content. Food scent is almost always perceived before taste. The study explains that using “fat odors” might increase appeals towards low-fat foods. This could help lower the amount of dietary fat in our diet.

http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Smelling-the-fat-Odours-are-the-first-signal-to-levels-of-dietary-fat-say-Monell-researchers