The tastes of spoiled foods range from loss of good characteristic taste to the development of objectionable tastes.
Thus, when a pear or an orange spoil, the sweet characteristics tastes of either is lost, and when milk spoils, it develops an acidic taste, sometimes also bitter. Spoiled food can also make people sick if they eat it.
The feel of spoiled foods reflects the spoilage in different ways, depending on the type of food and the microbe involved in the spoilage, so some spoiled foods feels slimy while others may feel mushy.
Spoiled foods is usually produced by bacteria called pseudomonas and colophons that feast upon poultry, red meats, fish and cheese and thereby impart to these foods the typical off-odor, taste, color and feel with which every homemaker familiar.
In theory, microbial growth and metabolism can influence the flavour and smell of food in one of two ways; ether by removal of flavorsome food components; or by production of off-flavors or off-odors.
Taste of spoiled food
