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. 2017 Oct 9;43(1):17–26. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjx063

Table 1.

Comparison of 1 vs 2 component mixtures (first 6 rows) and comparison of 2 versus 3 component mixtures (last 3 rows) and P value for t-test assessing effect of adding a flavor component are indicated in bold, diff = difference, enh = increase/enhancement, sup = decrease/suppression, ns = not significant

added Sweet ratings Sour ratings Citrus ratings
Flavor 1 vs flavor 2 flavor diff enh/sup t-test P diff enh/sup t-test P diff enh/sup t-test P
Su vs L-Su L -3.88 ns 8.26 enh 0.006 12.64 enh 0.005
Su vs Su-CA CA 2.08 ns 5.93 enh 0.003 5.40 ns
L vs L-Su Su 7.32 ns 3.87 ns 9.16 enh 0.011
L vs L-CA CA 8.38 enh 0.004 -0.59 ns 4.03 enh 0.030
CA vs L-CA L 3.22 ns -5.26 sup 0.038 3.21 ns
CA vs Su-CA Su 8.12 enh 0.038 -3.13 sup 0.020 1.10 ns
L-Su vs L-Su-CA CA 8.01 enh 0.010 1.30 ns 3.47 enh 0.022
L-CA vs L-Su-CA Su 6.94 enh 0.045 5.76 enh 0.045 8.60 enh 0.002
Su-CA vs L-Su-CA L 2.04 ns 3.62 enh 0.042 10.71 enh 0.007