Blue food

Summary

Nature makes food look more attractive so that we want to eat it. Some companies add colour to their food so that it looks more natural - looking. People are tend to think that such food is much more delicious, even when the flavour hasn`t changed at all. This is due to the fact that people are accustomed to see food in the same colours.

It is hard  to find a blue colour in natural food and usually it doesn`t look tempting or tasty. A long time ago it was believed that food which is naturally blue, black or purple can sometimes be poisonous. Also, it is said that the blue colour is often used to help people to lose weight because it reduces the appetite.

The test was accomplished in order to clarify if blue food can influence our appetite. In the test attended 20 people and they were devided into to groups, A and B. People in group A were with concealed eyes. People in group B could see everything.

In the test, the group with the masks ate more blue food and didin`t notice any difference between blue coloured and normal - coloured food. Group without masks left more blue food and ate more normal - coloured food. These people said they have noticed differences between blue food and normal - coloured food.