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Why doesn't the milk in the refrigerator ever taste as cold as the water or the soda in the refrigerator?

Question #115825. Asked by star_gazer.
Last updated Dec 28 2016.

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I'd be all night trying to source this but the likely answer is the suspended fat molecules would be harder to cool with the same amount of energy than a clear liquid. I'm sure there's a thermodynamic law involved here but it's a long time since I learnt physics.

Jul 07 2010, 7:21 PM
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Actually, the milk does get as cold as the water and the soda. One can verify this with a thermometer.

What happens here is that we do not taste the milk to be as cold because the milk contains fat solids, that somehow distort our perception. Taste experts refer to this phenomenon as "mouthfeel."

Another way to test this is to keep in your freezer an ice cream cone and a popscicle for 24 hours. Then eat them both. Which one do you think will taste colder?

link http://brulosophy.com/2015/10/12/the-mash-high-vs-low-temperature-exbeeriment-results/

Response last updated by satguru on Dec 28 2016.
Jul 07 2010, 10:45 PM
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Good answer that, I was only theorising but have learnt something new.

Jul 08 2010, 11:36 AM
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