Mennella, J. A., Jagnow C. P., & Beauchamp G. K.
(2001).
Prenatal and postnatal flavor learning by human infants..
Pediatrics. 107(6), E88.
BACKGROUND:
Flavors from the mother's diet during pregnancy are transmitted to amniotic fluid and swallowed by the fetus. Consequently, the types of food eaten by women during pregnancy and, hence, the flavor principles of their culture may be experienced by the infants before their first exposure to solid foods.