answer:Yes. Flavor additives are added to many packaged foods and our taste buds become accustomed to it. Aside from processing; foods in general that become available in great quantities have influenced our tastes. In the American culture where many people have little time, children eat processed and restaurant food much more than in previous times, and so even if they eat in expensive restaurants, I am not even targeting fast food, they are presented with meals full of fat, heavy sauces, tons of cheese, they barely know what the food actually tastes like it is so covered in everything else. That is the normal for much of America. Can’t eat a piece of broccoli without cheese on it, can’t eat chicken without a huge amount of cream mushroom sauce, huge portions of fettucine alfredo, steak with butter on it, so much unnecessary fat, cholesterol and salt.