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Let's just say there are benefits of being a vegetarian.
A report from the Association of Wine Economists shows that most people can't tell the difference between pâté and dog food blended to have a mousse-like texture, reports the Washington Post.
In a double-blind test, subjects were presented with five unlabeled blended meat products, one of which was the prepared dog food. After ranking the samples on the basis of taste, subjects were challenged to identify which of the five was dog food. Although 72 percent of the subjects ranked the dog food as the worst-tasting of the five samples, most subjects did not correctly identify the creamy concoction as dog food.
Why? The researchers said, "Although human beings do not enjoy eating dog food, they are also not able to distinguish its flavor profile from other meat-based products that are intended for human consumption."
Wikipedia describes Pâté as "a mixture of minced meat and fat in the form of spreadable paste, generally made from a finely ground or chunky mixture of meats and liver, and often with additional fat, vegetables, herbs, spices or wine."
Do you think you'd know dog food from Pâté?
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