Two hot peppers splashing into a glass of water.

Academic Consortium Publications for June 2026

This month, we are celebrating a recent publication in the journal Appetite by Paige M. Cunningham and John E. Hayes titled “Water intake, switching between bites and sips, and drinking behavior are associated with food intake across meals varying in spiciness: A secondary analysis of two randomized crossover studies”. This publication, along with related research by the same authors, has received media attention because it upends conventional wisdom that drinking water during meals reduces food intake by expanding the stomach, leading to earlier satiation. The authors analyzed data from a previous study in which participants could drink water freely while eating spicy foods. Then show participants who drank more water and who switched between bites and sips more frequently also ate more. Grab a spicy snack and some water, then read more about this and other research from the Compusense Academic Consortium here.

American Meat Science Association Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Texture Measurements of Meat

Authors:

Rhonda K. Miller, Linda S. Papadopoulos, M. Wes Schilling, Tommy L. Wheeler, Rachel A. Gray, Michael E. Dikeman, James R. Claus, Casey M. Owens, D. Andy King, Keith E. Belk, Phillip Bass, Chris Calkins, Mark Miller, Steven D. Shackelford, Bridget Wasser

Co-creation of upcycled food products to revalorise commonly discarded vegetable parts

Authors:

Agustina Vitola, Leticia Varela, Daniel Bergara, Lucía Antúnez, Gastón Ares, Ana Giménez

Descriptive Sensory Profiling and Aroma-Focused Lexicon Development of Commercially Available Korean Soy Sauces

Authors:

Tack Hyun Park, Jisun Hwang, Mina K. Kim

Development of 3D-printable Protein-based Food Inks Using Umami for Individuals with Dysphagia

Authors:

Laura Lopez-Aldana

Oat-Rich Low-Gluten Diet Modulates Plasma Short-Chain Fatty Acids without Significant Changes in Fecal Microbiome or Inflammatory Markers—A Randomized Clinical Trial in People with Cardiometabolic Risk

Authors:

Enni Mannila, Carlos Gómez-Gallego, Geraldson Muluh, Petrus Nuotio, Ville Koistinen, Pande Putu Erawijantari, Seppo Salminen, Leo Lahti, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Kaisa M Linderborg

Pressure Flattening Simulation and Associated Response After Unloading Russet Burbank Potatoes From Storage

Authors:

Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Maiqui Izidoro, Vanessa Maria Dantas Pedrosa, Samuel Paytosh, Jessica Smith, Renata Carneiro, Nora Olsen, Munevver Dogramaci & Gustavo Henrique de Almeida Teixeira

Seeing the grain: How transparent window size influences purchase intention and visual attention in rice packaging

Authors:

Natalia Calderón, Eniola Ola, Shaelyn Frauenhoffer, Weiyi Ma, Lana Chung, Han-Seok Seo

Sensory Characterization of Single-Origin Dark Chocolates from Wild Amazonian Cacao

Authors:

Michelle Elissa Hall

Water intake, switching between bites and sips, and drinking behavior are associated with food intake across meals varying in spiciness: A secondary analysis of two randomized crossover studies

Authors:

Paige M. Cunningham, John E. Hayes

When can check-all-that-apply (CATA) method serve as an alternative to descriptive profiling? A multi-case evaluation across food products

Authors:

Daria Musiienko, Lenka Kouřimská