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All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste

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The Complexity of Creaminess

Chewiness is partly the way a food gives when you bite down on it, but that's not really the whole chewy sensation. Texture is like a property inherent to food, and different foods have different textures. For both animals and plants, that inherent texture has to do with the structure and make up of cells. An apple is crispy because the cell walls are rigid and they keep water in. That water bursts when you break the cell walls with your teeth.

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