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. 2024 Jan 16;10:1330307. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1330307

Table 4.

QDA ratings of honeys with standard deviation in two replicates.

Sample Raw 1
X ± SD
Raw 2
X ± SD
Pasteurized 1
X ± SD
Pasteurized 2
X ± SD
C 4.90 ± 0,3 6.15 ± 0.25 8.00 ± 0.14 8.30 ± 0.00
SB 5.00 ± 0,3 7.25 ± 0.07 6.85 ± 0.07 5.80 ± 0.28
SNS 4.45 ± 0.35 8.20 ± 0.14 6.90 ± 0.28 6.40 ± 0.28
ST 8.70 ± 0.14 9.35 ± 0.07 8.30 ± 0.28 9.20 ± 0.14
HT 7.35 ± 0.21 9.25 ± 0.07 6.65 ± 0.07 6.40 ± 0.21
BIT 3.70 ± 0.14 1.55 ± 0.35 1.90 ± 0.00 0.85 ± 0.05
AT 2.30 ± 0.14 1.55 ± 0.07 1.65 ± 0.21 1.30 ± 0.00
FT 1.10 ± 0.28 0.65 ± 0.07 2.40 ± 0.43 1.80 ± 0.14
SM 6.20 ± 0.00 6.40 ± 0.07 8.40 ± 0.43 7.80 ± 0.14
S 6.75 ± 0.21 8.85 ± 0.07 8.70 ± 0.00 8.50 ± 0.28
DM 7.70 ± 0.00 8.50 ± 0.42 8.25 ± 0.64 8.60 ± 0.42
G 7.75 ± 0.21 8.50 ± 0.42 7.25 ± 0.21 7.25 ± 0.21

C – color, SB – the smell of beeswax, SNS – sweet-nectar smell, ST – sweet taste, HT – honey taste, BIT – burning-irritating taste, AT – acerbic taste, FT – foreign taste, SM – smoothness, S – stickiness, DM – dissolving in the mouth, G – general.