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A Taste for Science
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:28:04
Publish Date: 2026-04-27 17:00:00
Description:

The food you see on the supermarket shelves doesn't end up there by accident. It's often been rigorously tested for likeability. This week on Our Changing World, Liz Garton finds out about the science behind those decisions, given that individual taste can be very varied.

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Learn more:

  • Export markets are a key consumer group. Look at who’s eating our food with this story from RNZ’s Farah Hancock.
  • Our Changing World looked at how science can help pair foods with the School of Chemical Science at the University of Auckland
  • Finding a Psa-V-tolerant golden kiwifruit was one of the success stories from the Consumer and Health sciences team. Claire Concannon looked at the ongoing efforts to prevent the disease from getting to the South Island. 

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