. 2024 Feb 5;11:1345371. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1345371

TABLE 3.

Mean panel scores for sensory attributes of the six OMA samples.

Attributes	Mean score (0–100)^a						Significance of sample (p-value)^b
	A	B	C	D	E	F
Aroma
Overall intensity	32.8^a ^b	26.9^b	41.4^a	33.3^a ^b	33.5^a ^b	35.8^a ^b	0.002
Sweet	18.0	16.3	22.6	20.9	19.6	21.0	0.172
Wet oat	25.4^a ^b	18.8^b	33.6^a	27.3^a ^b	27.1^a ^b	31.1^a	0.002
Malt	12.7^a	2.7^b	10.0^a ^b	8.3^a ^b	7.9^a ^b	6.6^a ^b	0.031
Nutty	3.7	1.8	5.9	5.9	4.3	7.8	0.196
Stale	7.0	8.0	8.4	4.4	8.9	6.2	0.670
Single cream	0.4	1.7	0.4	3.0	0.5	2.8	0.183
Brown bread	12.9^a ^b	1.6^c	16.8^a	10.8^abc	15.5^a ^b	6.4^bc	0.0001
Appearance
Off white colour	56.4^a ^b	52.3^b	67.3^a	50.5^b	39.3^c	31.0^c	<0.0001
Glass cling	41.8^a	29.9^b	24.8^b	28.9^b	26.0^b	35.6^a ^b	<0.001
Froth/foam	47.2^a	43.6^a	26.3^b	37.7^a ^b	39.9^a ^b	46.9^a	<0.001
Bubble size	25.9^a	26.3^a	14.5^b	24.5^a	26.6^a	28.2^a	<0.0001
Taste
Sweet	27.1^a ^b	25.4^a ^b	21.9^b	30.4^a	28.7^a ^b	25.1^a ^b	0.034
Bitter	12.2	12.3	15.0	9.2	9.7	14.5	0.087
Acid/tang	3.6	7.5	9.8	4.6	5.5	7.3	0.162
Metallic	8.0	9.6	9.4	7.1	7.6	8.8	0.801
Flavour
Malty	9.7	4.9	6.8	10.5	6.6	4.8	0.260
Wet oats	29.3	27.9	32.6	29.0	29.8	33.1	0.434
Nutty	6.0	6.9	6.2	9.0	9.2	12.2	0.105
Stale	6.7	5.3	7.2	3.8	5.7	4.4	0.653
Single cream	7.3^a ^b	9.5^a	0.0^b	9.2^a ^b	10.4^a	9.2^a ^b	0.024
Brown bread	11.5^a ^b	4.9^b	14.8^a	10.1^a ^b	11.5^a ^b	6.2^a ^b	0.008
Mouthfeel
Mouthcoating	32.7	32.0	23.3	26.7	27.3	29.7	0.101
Body	31.5^a	26.4^a	18.2^b	28.8^a	26.5^a	30.3^a	<0.001
Powdery	13.8^a ^b	22.8^a	22.4^a	7.0^b	7.1^b	6.7^b	0.0001
Astringency	14.3	18.8	21.4	13.8	17.6	16.9	0.135
Aftertaste
Bitter	10.6	9.2	14.0	9.0	9.2	12.6	0.288
Metallic	8.4	10.5	11.5	6.0	7.5	8.8	0.068
Sweet	16.5^a ^b	20.2^a	13.3^b	17.5^a ^b	19.6^a ^b	16.5^a ^b	0.040
Wet oats	19.4	19.6	23.4	19.8	21.2	24.1	0.387
Single cream	3.1	8.3	0.4	8.0	7.9	5.3	0.023
After effects
Mouthcoating	18.4	18.6	13.0	17.9	16.6	14.9	0.225
Powdery	11.1	12.9	13.6	4.8	5.6	4.8	0.006
Astringent	19.8	18.3	18.8	14.4	16.7	16.5	0.467
Salivating	20.6	23.5	23.5	20.7	22.2	24.4	0.700

^aMeans not labelled with the same letters are significantly different (p < 0.05); means are from two replicate samples.

^bProbability of a significant difference between samples.