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Published online 22 January 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010125-4
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Mechanical taster passes cheese test
Machines can match people in judging the flavour of mozzarella cheese.
Italian food scientists are developing technology that they hope could revolutionize one of the country's most important culinary traditions -- judging the taste and flavour of mozzarella cheese.
In tests, their device matched the flavour-profiling performance of an expert team of human cheese-tasters, who had been trained for the task over several months.
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