SynthesisNutrition reviews2024
Sensory acceptability of biofortified foods and food products: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Nutrition reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sensory acceptance of flavoured high-calcium tempeh (TempeCal) chips among women of reproductive age.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Application of High-Quality Dried Olive with High Polyphenol Content for Bread Fortification: Effects on Nutritional, Technological, and Sensory Properties.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Perceptions and Acceptability of a Low Phytate: Iron Molar Ratio Biofortified Bean and Sweet Potato Dish Among Pregnant Women in Rural Uganda.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Edible Insect Meals as Bioactive Ingredients in Sustainable Snack Bars.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Integrating sensory evaluation into biofortification breeding: assessing consumer acceptance and market segmentation of porridge made from biofortified pearl millet cultivars.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Lactating mothers' perceptions and sensory acceptability of a provitamin A carotenoid-iron-rich composite dish prepared from iron-biofortified common bean and orange-fleshed sweet potato in rural western Uganda.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Biofortified foods show variable micronutrient retention depending on post-harvest handling.Nature food · 2023Article
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- Erratum issued
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
contextIt is important to understand the sensory acceptability of biofortified food products among target population groups if biofortification is to be realized as a sustainable strategy for mitigation of micronutrient deficiencies, able to be scaled up and applied through programs.
objectiveThis systemic review aims to summarize and synthesize the sensory acceptability of conventionally bred iron-, zinc-, and provitamin A-biofortified food products. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE (PubMed), AGRICOLA, AgEcon, CABI Abstracts (Web of Science), and organizational websites (eg, those of HarvestPlus and CGIAR and their partners) were searched for relevant articles. No access to any market research that may have been internally conducted for the commercial biofortified food products was available. DATA EXTRACTION: This review identified articles measuring the sensory acceptability of conventionally bred biofortified food products. Extraction of the hedonic ratings of food products was performed. DATA ANALYSIS: An "Acceptability Index %" was defined based on hedonic scoring to determine an overall rating, and used to categorize biofortified food products as "acceptable" (≥70%) or "not acceptable" (<70%). Additionally, this review narratively synthesized studies using methods other than hedonic scoring for assessing sensory acceptability.
conclusionsForty-nine studies assessed the acceptability of 10 biofortified crops among children and adults, in mostly rural, low-income settings across Africa, Latin America, and India; food products made from mineral and provitamin A-biofortified food products were generally acceptable. Compared with studies on provitamin-A biofortified food products, few studies (1 to 2 each) on mineral-enhanced crops such as rice, cowpeas, lentils, and wheat were found, limiting the generalizability of the findings. Similarly, few studies examined stored biofortified food products. Few commercial food products have so far been developed, although new varieties of crops are being continuously tested and released globally. Certain crop varieties were found to be acceptable while others were not, suggesting that particular varieties should be prioritized for scale-up. Determining sensory acceptability of biofortified food products is important for informing programmatic scale-up and implementation across diverse populations and settings.
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