Table 2.

Summary of scores for overall acceptability and individual taste assessment items for different formulations of RDX7675 and SPS at visit 1

Formulation, flavor	Overall acceptability	Smell	Sweetness	Bitterness	Flavor	Mouth feel/texture	Grittiness	Aftertaste
SPS reconstituted, vanilla	4.0 (4.3), 2–8	5.0 (5.5), 2–8	5.0 (5.9), 4–8	5.0 (5.4), 2–9	5.0 (5.4), 2–8	3.0 (3.4), 2–6	3.0 (2.8), 1–5	4.0 (4.5), 3–8
RDX7675 reconstituted, vanilla	5.0 (5.1), 2–9	5.5 (6.1), 4–9	6.0 (6.1), 3–9	5.0 (5.5), 2–9	5.5 (5.6), 2–9	4.5 (4.9), 2–9	3.5 (4.3), 2–9	4.0 (4.7), 2–9
RDX7675 intermediate viscosity, vanilla	6.0 (6.2), 4–8	7.0 (7.0), 5–9	7.0 (7.0), 5–8	6.0 (6.0), 2–9	7.0 (6.6), 3–8	6.0 (5.4), 2–8	5.5 (5.9), 2–9	6.0 (5.8), 3–8
RDX7675 high viscosity, vanilla	7.0 (6.2), 3–8	7.5 (7.2), 5–9	7.0 (6.5), 4–8	5.0 (6.0), 4–9	7.0 (6.1), 2–8	6.0 (5.3), 1–8	6.0 (6.3), 4–8	6.0 (5.8), 3–9

Notes: Data are shown as median (mean), range scores from 20 volunteers. The highest median and mean scores for each assessment item are shown in bold. All items were rated using a 9-point scale: 1, dislike everything; 2, dislike very much; 3, dislike moderately; 4, dislike slightly; 5, neither like nor dislike; 6, like slightly; 7, like moderately; 8, like very much; 9, like extremely.

Abbreviation: SPS, sodium polystyrene sulfonate.