TABLE 2.

Infants’ Acceptance of Green Beans and Peaches Before and After 8-Day Exposure Period

	Group GB	Group GB-P	Both Groups
Green beans
Intake, mean ± SEM, g
Before exposure	65.3 ± 12.5	52.3 ± 9.0	56.8 ± 7.3
After exposure	97.5 ± 17.3a	91.6 ± 12.4a	93.6 ± 10.0a
Rate of consumption, mean ± SEM, g/min
Before exposure	4.8 ± 0.8	3.9 ± 0.5	4.2 ± 0.4
After exposure	6.6 ± 1.0a	6.3 ± 0.7a	6.4 ± 0.6a
Mothers’ rating of infants’ liking, mean ± SEM
Before exposure	6.4 ± 0.5	7.1 ± 0.4	6.9 ± 0.3
After exposure	6.9 ± 0.6	6.9 ± 0.4	6.9 ± 0.3
Peaches
Intake, mean ± SEM, g
Before exposure	70.9 ± 14.0	67.7 ± 10.4	68.8 ± 8.3
After exposure	74.7 ± 15.1	79.2 ± 11.2	77.6 ± 8.9
Rate of consumption, mean ± SEM, g/min
Before exposure	4.8 ± 0.7	4.4 ± 0.5	4.5 ± 0.4
After exposure	5.8 ± 0.8a	5.9 ± 0.6a	5.8 ± 0.4a
Mothers’ rating of infants’ liking, mean ± SEM
Before exposure	6.8 ± 0.5	7.1 ± 0.4	7.0 ± 0.3
After exposure	6.5 ± 0.6	6.4 ± 0.5	6.4 ± 0.4

Group GB was fed green beans, and group GB-P was fed green beans and then peaches during the exposure period.

^aSignificant at P < .05, compared with before exposure.