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Old 05-15-2020, 06:25 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by octothorp View Post
Yup, my first reaction on reading the list: no Pirates?! Glad to see I'm not alone on this. Girl Guide Vanillas are the favorite of the remaining ones.
There's actual food science behind why foods like wafer cookies and cheetos are addictive. It's called vanishing caloric density.
Interesting. Other food science tricks:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/why-...ve-junk-food/2

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5. Contrasting textures are like drugs to your brain

Dynamic contrast foods like Oreo cookies or Cadbury Eggs require getting through a hard outer layer to a soft and satisfying middle, and boy, do our brains find those juxtaposed textures thrilling
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