ArticleFood quality and preference2018
Sweet liker status in children and adults: Consequences for beverage intake in adults.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comparing body composition between the sweet-liking phenotypes: experimental data, systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of the biological mediators of fat taste and smell.Physiological reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Effects of a six-day, whole-diet sweet taste intervention on pleasantness, desire for and intakes of sweet foods: a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
- The Effects of Acute Sleep Curtailment on Salt Taste Measures and Relationships with Energy-Corrected Sodium Intake: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial with Methodology Validation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- No significant salt or sweet taste preference or sensitivity differences following ad libitum consumption of ultra-processed and unprocessed diets: a randomized controlled pilot study.Chemical senses · 2023Trial
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- Phenol-Rich Food Acceptability: The Influence of Variations in Sweetness Optima and Sensory-Liking Patterns.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Personalization and Fortification of In-Space Manufactured Emulsified Beverages for Long-Term Space Travel.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026Review
- Free Sugars Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes: What Are the Concerns and How Strong is the Evidence?Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sweet Taste Liking and Related Traits: New Insights from Twin Cohorts.Behavior genetics · 2025Article
- Sweet taste preference on snack choice, added sugars intake, and diet quality- a pilot study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Liking for Sweet Taste, Sweet Food Intakes, and Sugar Intakes.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Artificial intelligence driven definition of food preference endotypes in UK Biobank volunteers is associated with distinctive health outcomes and blood based metabolomic and proteomic profiles.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Distinct Sensory Hedonic Functions for Sourness in Adults.Food quality and preference · 2024Article
- Parsing Intra- and Inter-Individual Covariation Between the Sensory Attributes and Appeal of E-Cigarettes: Associations and Gender Differences.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Current Hydration Habits: The Disregarded Factor for the Development of Renal and Cardiometabolic Diseases.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Characterizing Individual Differences in Sweet Taste Hedonics: Test Methods, Locations, and Stimuli.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Characterizing Adolescents' Dietary Intake by Taste: Results From the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Relationships between Intensity and Liking for Chemosensory Stimuli in Food Models: A Large-Scale Consumer Segmentation.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Different patterns of sweet liking exist. For some, liking increases as concentration increases up to a point at which it typically plateaus. These individuals are referred to as sweet likers. How sweet likers' beverage intake, especially sugar sweetened beverage intake, differs from sweet dislikers' beverage intake is not well characterized. A total of 953 visitors (650 adults; 62.0% women; 303 children; 58.7% girls) to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science rated the taste intensity and liking of 5 sucrose solutions that spanned concentrations typically encountered in sugar-sweetened beverages (0.0-13.7% w/v) using visual analog scales. Beverage intake by adults was quantified using the validated BEVQ-15 questionnaire. Among adults, hierarchical cluster analysis identified three clusters of liking patterns (likers, dislikers, and neutrals). Among children, two clusters of liking patterns were identified (likers and dislikers). For both adults and children, BMI, percent body fat, age, and sex did not differ between clusters. Concentration by cluster interaction effects were observed for both adults and children. Adult sweet likers consumed more energy from all beverages, more sweetened juice and tea, and less water than those in other clusters. Sweet liker status may be a useful predictor of increased energy intake from beverages, but prospective trials are necessary to confirm this utility.
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