Caffeine May Reduce Perception of Sweetness

The recent Journal of Food Science article by E. Choo, B. Picket and R. Dando

Caffeine May Reduce Perceived Sweet Taste in Humans, Supporting Evidence That Adenosine Receptors Modulate Taste

made a big splash in the media recently and received a 494 “Attention Score” by Altmetric, putting it in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by this organization.  Congratulations to Ezen, Ben and Robin!

The article discussed the effect of caffeine on sweet perception in humans.  To read the full article, click here. 

To read what the different media outlets are saying, see below:

1. The Cornell Daily Sun
2. Gizmodo
3. Washington Post
4. Huffington Post
5. New York Post