Table 5.

Mean scores of post-taste rating of the food by gender and region (Out of 10 points)

	Overall rating (Mean±SD)							P - value
Rating parameter		Brown rice		Unrefined maize ugali		Unrefined sorghum ugali
Smell		7 ± 3		8 ± 3		7 ± 2		0.63
Taste		7 ± 2		8 ± 2		8 ± 3		<0.01
Appearance		7 ± 2		7 ± 3		6 ± 3		0.21
Color		7 ± 3		7 ± 2		6 ± 3		0.21
Texture		8 ± 2		8 ± 3		9 ± 2		0.06
Shine		6 ± 2		7 ± 3		6 ± 3		0.50
Hardness		7 ± 2		8 ± 3		8 ± 2		0.06
Configuration		7 ± 2		8 ± 2		7 ± 2		0.10
Rating by gender (Mean±SD)
Rating parameter	Men (N = 18)			p - value	Women (N = 26)			p - value
	Brown rice	Unrefined maize ugali	Unrefined sorghum ugali		Brown rice	Unrefined maize ugali	Unrefined sorghum ugali
Smell	7 ± 3	7 ± 3	6 ± 2	0.26	7 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	0.33
Taste	6 ± 3	8 ± 2	7 ± 3	0.14	7 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 3	<0.01
Appearance	7 ± 2	7 ± 3	6 ± 3	0.12	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 3	0.80
Color	6 ± 3	7 ± 3	6 ± 3	0.46	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	6 ± 2	0.45
Texture	7 ± 3	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	0.51	8 ± 2	9 ± 3	9 ± 2	0.06
Hardness	7 ± 2	7 ± 3	8 ± 3	0.62	8 ± 2	8 ± 3	9 ± 2	0.06
Shine	6 ± 2	7 ± 3	6 ± 3	0.17	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 3	1.00
Configuration	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	0.79	7 ± 2	8 ± 2	7 ± 2	0.08
Rating by region (Mean±SD)
Rating parameter	Dar es Salaam (N = 23)			p - value	Morogoro (N = 21)			p - value
	Brown rice	Unrefined maize ugali	Unrefined sorghum ugali		Brown rice	Unrefined maize ugali	Unrefined sorghum ugali
Smell	8 ± 2	8 ± 3	7 ± 2	0.19	6 ± 2	7 ± 3	7 ± 2	0.04
Taste	7 ± 3	9 ± 2	7 ± 3	0.02	7 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	0.14
Appearance	7 ± 2	8 ± 3	6 ± 3	0.05	6 ± 2	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	0.48
Color	6 ± 3	8 ± 2	7 ± 3	0.25	7 ± 2	7 ± 2	6 ± 2	0.26
Texture	7 ± 3	9 ± 3	9 ± 2	0.01	8 ± 2	8 ± 3	8 ± 2	0.92
Hardness	7 ± 2	8 ± 3	9 ± 2	0.08	6 ± 2	7 ± 3	8 ± 2	0.50
Shine	7 ± 3	7 ± 3	7 ± 3	0.48	6 ± 2	6 ± 2	6 ± 2	0.60
Configuration	7 ± 3	8 ± 3	7 ± 3	0.69	7 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	0.04