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Enhancing food taste remains a pivotal focus of modern food science research and has drawn increasing attention in recent years. Among the fundamental components of food flavor, sweetness holds a position of utmost importance and its impact on consumers' sensory experiences is profound, which has driven extensive use of sweeteners as food additives for sweetness regulation in contemporary food industry. However, its underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood, presenting numerous questions that warrant further investigation. In this review, we trace the historical development of sweetness research, explore the mechanisms underlying sweetness perception, and offer a comprehensive analysis of the molecular structures of various sweeteners. Furthermore, we discuss recent advancements in sweetness detection technologies, with a particular focus on the GL1 sweetness sensor-an established commercial tool for sweetness measurement-as well as emerging taste sensors. By addressing these three fundamental aspects of sweetness research, this review offers a comprehensive overview with significant scientific and economic implications, contributing to both theoretical advancements and practical applications.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2025.116965 | DOI Listing |
Adv Mater
September 2025
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, 08193, Spain.
The unparalleled loss-less electrical current conduction of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials encourages research on YBaCuO (YBCO) to unravel opportunities toward numerous applications. Nonetheless, production costs and throughput of the commercialized HTS Coated Conductors (CCs) are still limiting a worldwide spread. Transient liquid assisted growth (TLAG) is a non-equilibrium process displaying ultrafast growth rate which, when combined with chemical solution deposition (CSD), is emerging as a strong candidate to reduce the cost/performance ratio of YBCO superconductors.
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September 2025
National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Abscisic acid (ABA) and calcium respectively work as crucial plant hormones and second signalling molecules in the regulation of fruit development and quality formation, including the sugar content and flavour quality. However, the regulatory mechanisms of fruit sugar accumulation arising from the interaction between ABA and calcium have not yet been fully elucidated. Here, we show that the application of ABA or calcium enhances sugar accumulation in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit, accompanied by upregulation of the expression level of tonoplast sugar transporter 2 (CsTST2), which mediates the transport of sugars into the vacuole.
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September 2025
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Caesarean section (CS) rates are increasing globally. We aimed to understand stakeholders' perspectives on factors driving CS in pregnancy care to inform areas for intervention. Stakeholders from five health services participated in three Group Model Building workshops to identify the drivers of CS and intervention opportunities.
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November 2025
Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Functional Food, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, People's Republic of China; College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:
Egg white peptides (EWPs) face significant flavor challenges due to bitterness, limiting their high-value applications. This study prepared egg white glycopeptides (EWGP) through transglutaminase-catalyzed glycosylation to investigate their flavor enhancement effect. Egg white protein was hydrolyzed by neutral protease and covalently bound to glucosamine under the mediation of transglutaminase to obtain EWGP.
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November 2025
State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005,
Enhancing food taste remains a pivotal focus of modern food science research and has drawn increasing attention in recent years. Among the fundamental components of food flavor, sweetness holds a position of utmost importance and its impact on consumers' sensory experiences is profound, which has driven extensive use of sweeteners as food additives for sweetness regulation in contemporary food industry. However, its underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood, presenting numerous questions that warrant further investigation.
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