However, we cannot credit our taste buds alone for our sense of taste. in order to give us the full flavor of a particular food, the nose plays a major role. While the food is being chewed, the process releases chemicals that immediately travel up into the nose. These chemicals trigger the olfactory receptors inside the nose, which work together with the taste buds to create the flavor of the food we eat: the taste buds and nose both send messages to the brain to give food its flavor.