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. 2023 Aug 22;33(5):1177–1187. doi: 10.1007/s10068-023-01413-y

Table 2.

Sensory attributes of simple-flavor samples (orange juice and yogurt)

Sample CATA and rating attribute terms
Orange juice (25) Flavor (21)
 Citrus/non-orange Overripe/near fermented Fruity/non citrus
 Metallic Peely Floral
 Raw/fresh Sweet Sweet aromatics
 Sour Sour aromatics Bitter
 Bitter aromatics Orange Candy-like
 Artificial sweetener Cooked Cardboard*a
 Musty Green* Plastic
Mouthfeel (4)
 Tongue burn/numbing Astringent Toothetch*
 Pungent
Yogurt (29) Flavor (23)
 Processed Grain-like Oil-like
 Sharp/bite Sweet Animalic
 Astringent Lemon Buttery
 Oxidized Sour Lactic
 Bitter Butyric* Dairy fat
 Whey Overall dairy Cooked
 Cardboard Salty Acetaldehyde
 Moldy Plastic
Texture (6)
 Firmness Smoothness Thickness
 Degree of dissolving Toothetch Chalky mouthcoating

aTerms with asterisks (*) indicate “no significant difference” when evaluated using CATA when Cochran’s Q test was performed (p < 0.05)