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Astringent
In food science, astringent refers to the acerbity taste with dry and puckering feeling. This word is often used in relation to the tannins.
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- Astringent is the term that is used to describe acerbity taste with dry and puckering feeling in the mouth. Astringency is usually related to the tannins, which are a type of plant polyphenols [1].
