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flavor  

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  • All foods and beverages stimulate multiple, physiologically distinct, sensory systems. Information from volatile chemicals reaches the olfactory receptors deep inside the nose either via sniffing (orthonasally), or via the nasopharynx once the food is in the mouth (retronasally). [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Flavor]

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