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Layer of artificial saliva, gel of freeze dried strawberry juice and mint
In the run-up to a conference by Ghent-based food tech company Foodpairing, Julius teamed up with Doctor Thomas Moors. The question was whether we could do something for people with throat cancer. People who’ve had chemotherapy produce less saliva, and therefore can’t taste as well as they used to. So we developed a praline that helps them taste chocolate again!
Together, we looked into what exactly saliva consists of. Based on those findings, I developed a praline that contains an artificial saliva gel. Acids naturally trigger saliva production, so I also created a very acidic chocolate for the praline.
When patients bite into the praline, the artificial saliva first enters their mouths via the gel. After that, they get a brief taste of chocolate. The response to the praline has been overwhelming: people wept with happiness because they could enjoy chocolate again.
“Adding artificial saliva allows throat cancer patients to taste the whole palate of the praline again”
“The chocolate itself has also been modified. ‘We added extra acids to the fermentation process. Because acid means yet another extra saliva and thus extra flavour”
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The Chocolate Line Nv
Simon Stevinplein 19
8000 Bruges, Belgium
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