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. 2010 Apr 8;10(4):3411–3443. doi: 10.3390/s100403411

Table 3.

Taste information converted from taste sensor outputs. The type of standard sample for calculating the conversion factor depends on the type of taste sensor.

Taste sensor Taste information from relative value Taste information from CPA value Standard sample for calculating conversion factor
Umami sensor AAE Umami Richness 10 mM monosodium glutamate
Saltiness sensor CT0 Saltiness (none) 270 mM potassium chloride
Sourness sensor CA0 Sourness (none) 2.7 mM tartaric acid
Bitterness sensor C00 Acidic bitterness Aftertaste from acidic bitterness 0. 01 vol% iso-alpha acid
Astringency sensor AE1 Astringency Aftertaste from astringency 0.05% tannic acid
Bitterness sensor BT0 (none) Aftertaste from hydrochloride salts 0.1 mM quinine hydrochloride
Bitterness sensor AN0 (none) Aftertaste from basic bitterness 0.1 mM quinine hydrochloride
Sweetness sensor GL0 Sweetness (none) 1 M sucrose