Infant and Toddler Responses to Bitter-Tasting Novel Vegetables: Findings from the Good Tastes Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infants are born with the biological predisposition to reject bitterness. Dark green vegetables contain essential nutrients but also bitter compounds, making them more difficult to like.

Objective

The Good Tastes Study was designed to determine whether reducing bitterness by adding small amounts of sugar or salt would alter infant acceptance of kale purées.

Methods

Caregivers (n = 106, 94% mothers, 82% Non-Hispanic White) and children (53% male, aged 6-24 mo) participated in a videorecorded laboratory visit during which infants were offered 4 versions of puréed kale: plain, 1.2% or 1.8% added sugar, or 0.2% added salt. Caregivers rated their children's liking for each kale version. Videos were coded for the number of tastes accepted and for children's behav

SUBMITTER: Johnson SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485907 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature