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. 2023 Jul 14;62(7):2949–2962. doi: 10.1007/s00394-023-03202-z

Table 4.

Energy intake, food intake, eating behaviour and sodium consumption for the four different study conditions (mean ± SE, n = 18)

Unprocessed (Ultra-)processed ANOVA fixed effect
p value
Hard Soft Hard Soft Processing Texture Processing × texture
Energy intake (kcal) excl. snacks* 1892 ± 135a 2078 ± 137a,c 1501 ± 135b 2450 ± 133c 0.42  < 0.001  < 0.001
Energy intake (kcal) incl. snacks* 1999 ± 134a,b 2205 ± 137b 1706 ± 139a 2608 ± 136c 0.91  < 0.001 0.002
Food intake (g) excl. snacks* 1574 ± 145 1736 ± 146 1485 ± 146 1816 ± 146 0.84  < 0.001 0.15
Food intake (g) incl. snacks* 1644 ± 145 1830 ± 146 1609 ± 146 1916 ± 146 0.72  < 0.001 0.34
Energy intake rate ~  ~ (kcal/min) 38 ± 5 62 ± 5 38 ± 5 77 ± 5 0.04  < 0.001 0.11
Eating rate (g/min) ~  ~  30 ± 5 52 ± 5 31 ± 5 61 ± 5 0.12  < 0.001 0.20
Total meal duration ~  ~ (min) 13 ± 1 11 ± 1 12 ± 1 10 ± 1  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.57
OSE duration ~  ~ (s/bite) 18 ± 1 11 ± 1 21 ± 1 10 ± 1 0.34  < 0.001 0.06
Chews per bite ~  ~  20 ± 2 9 ± 2 21 ± 2 8 ± 2 0.74  < 0.001 0.48
Bite size ~  ~ (g/bite) 11 ± 1 16 ± 1 12 ± 1 18 ± 1 0.16  < 0.001 0.42
Sodium in meal (mg) 181 ± 129 206 ± 129 2485 ± 129 2573 ± 132  < 0.001 0.60 0.77
Sodium added (mg) 293 ± 70 437 ± 70 105 ± 70 204 ± 71  < 0.001 0.02 0.63
Sodium total intake (mg) 474 ± 173 643 ± 173 2591 ± 173 2642 ± 173 ~   < 0.001 0.36 0.63

Means with different superscript letters are significantly different. OSE = oro-sensory exposure

*Geometric mean, SE of the original distribution mixed

 ~ Added salt was not recorded for two subjects during the soft ultra-processed meal

 ~  ~ 18 observations are missing due to missing video recording