Category: Food and Drink

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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The Taste of Umami

“Sweet, bitter, salty and sour are the four taste qualities upon which the human sense of taste is based,” Bernd Lindemann, Yoko Ogiwara, and Yuzo Ninomiya wrote nearly a dozen years ago.

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Use of Digital Coupons is Growing

Earlier this year I posted an article entitled Americans Love Their Coupons. In that article, I quoted Emma Rosenblum who wrote, “[Americans have a] longstanding affection for those money-saving pieces of paper.”

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Our Quirky Sense of Taste

The cover story for the November issue of CGT Magazine discusses how McCormick’s FlavorPrint program is inspiring consumers. The article also mentions that Enterra Solutions® was one of McCormick’s partners that helped

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Preventing and Mitigating Food Waste

“Around the world some 1.3 billion tonnes of food waste is produced annually,” reports Peter Harrison. He states that this waste comes at “a direct economic cost of some $750 billion, according

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Keeping Up with Changing Tastes

IBM has been trying to demonstrate how its Watson computer can be useful in a number of fields. Earlier this year, it delved into the realm of cuisine. Watson ingested notes taken

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Sensing Food: The Role of Color

Back in the fall of 2000, three researchers, Lawrence L. Garber, Jr., Eva M. Hyatt, and Richard G. Starr, Jr., conducted a study on “The Effects of Food Color on Perceived Flavor.”

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