Trial reportNutrients2021
Phenol-Rich Food Acceptability: The Influence of Variations in Sweetness Optima and Sensory-Liking Patterns.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sweet-liking and sugar supplementation as innovative components in substance use disorder treatment: A systematic review.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond Sensory Properties: Molecular Interactions of Antioxidant Flavour-Active Polyphenols Across the Food-Oral-Gut Axis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Consumer heterogeneity in sweet-sour preferences: Insights from sensory perception, conceptual associations, and emotional responses.Current research in food science · 2026Article
- Effect on quality and safety of hydrophilic reducing compounds integration into taralli via wine enrichment.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
- Athletes' Sensory Evaluation and Willingness to Pay for High-Protein Bread.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From Information to Satisfaction: Unravelling the Impact of Sustainability Label on Fish Liking Experiences.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Patterns of sensory and hedonic responses for salty and umami tastes and their impact on food familiarity, consumption, and nutritional status: A gender-based analysis from a large population sample.Current research in food science · 2025Article
- Distinct Sensory Hedonic Functions for Sourness in Adults.Food quality and preference · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Properties and Use of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Clinical Nutrition: A Narrative Review and Literature Update.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Characterizing Individual Differences in Sweet Taste Hedonics: Test Methods, Locations, and Stimuli.Nutrients · 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
The consumption of phenol-rich foods is limited by their prominent bitterness and astringency. This issue has been addressed by adding sweet tastes, which suppress bitterness, but this is not a complete solution since individuals also differ in their preference for sweetness. In this study, we aimed at identifying groups of consumers differing in sweetness optima and sensory-liking patterns. To this end, increasing concentrations of sucrose were added to a chocolate pudding base. This allowed us to (1) investigate if individual differences in sensory responses are associated with different sweet liking optima in a product context, (2) define the psychological and oro-sensory profile of sweet liker phenotypes derived using a product context, and (3) assess if individuals differing in sweet liking optima differ also in consumption and liking of phenol-rich foods and beverages as a function of their sensory properties (e.g., sweeter vs. more bitter and astringent products). Individuals (1208; 58.4% women, 18-69 years) were characterised for demographics, responsiveness to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), personality traits and attitudes toward foods. Three clusters were identified based on correlations between sensory responses (sweetness, bitterness and astringency) and liking of the samples: liking was positively related to sweetness and negatively to bitterness and astringency in High and Moderate Sweet Likers, and the opposite in Inverted U-Shaped. Differences between clusters were found in age, gender and personality. Furthermore, the Inverted-U Shaped cluster was found to have overall healthier food behaviours and preferences, with higher liking and consumption of phenol-rich vegetables and beverages without added sugar. These findings point out the importance of identifying the individual sensory-liking patterns in order to develop more effective strategies to promote the acceptability of healthy phenol-rich foods.
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