Neil Mermelstein

Neil H. Mermelstein

A researcher records force and sound simultaneously.The sound a food makes when it is being consumed is an important sensory factor influencing consumer acceptance of a product. Much research has been conducted over the years on measuring the sound a food produces as it is being chewed and correlating it with results of sensory evaluation. The scientific study of food sounds essentially began in the early 1960s with work by Birger K. Drake, who was reportedly the first to deal seriously with measuring the sound of food, and continued with work by…

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IFT Fellow
Editor Emeritus of Food Technology
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Neil Mermelstein