off flavour, off-flavour
[Cf. off adv. 1 g.]
A stale, rancid, or unnatural flavour in food.
| 1947 Richmond (Va.) News-Leader 3 Apr. 36/1 There are several good reasons for what they term ‘off-flavors’ in milk. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Mar. 265/3 White clover, subterranean clover, red clover, silage, lucerne, and chou moellier all produce an off flavour [in the cows' milk]. 1952 Chambers's Jrnl. June 340/2 They found that meat put under this apparatus loses its red colour, goes brown, and has a definite off-flavour. 1958 [see anti-oxidant]. 1971 Guardian 19 May 8/1 Yogurts..are made with a living culture... The process is strictly controlled throughout so that off-flavours cannot develop. |