Table 8.
Examples of volunteer comments in both studies.
| Sample | Comments and Volunteers Details |
|---|---|
| Control Cake 1 | Pretty soft and with a nice edge easy to chew and swallow. Not as grainy as the last sample (v38, male, younger adult, aged 25). A nice moist cake with a good flavour. Very easy to eat (v58, male, older adult, aged 77). |
| Protein Cake 1 | It is missing fluffiness, it feels a lot like a sponge with too many air bubbles (v12, female, younger adult, aged 24). Dry, rubbery, tasteless (v63, female, older adult, aged 76). |
| Control Biscuit 1 | Really nice, I would buy this (v31, female, younger adult, aged 29). A very nice tasty biscuit, excellent and a very good flavour (v66, male, older adult, aged 81). |
| Protein Biscuit 1 | Disliked the flavour, too artificial, unpleasant aftertaste (v33, female, younger adult, aged 21). The combination of lack of distinctive flavour and texture is not appealing and makes it unattractive (v86, female, older adult, aged 68). |
| Control Cupcake 2 | Flavour is lovely and tasty (v31, female, younger adult, aged 28). Good texture and pleasant mouthfeel. Moist. Enjoyable to chew. I was surprised as I didn’t particularly like the appearance of the sample when I first opened it (v62, female, older adult, aged 73) |
| Protein Cupcake 2 | Lovely flavour, just missing icing (v22, younger adults, aged 21). Very dry. Pleasantly chewy. Quite sweet but without much flavour (v73, male, older adult, aged 78). |
1 Pilot study; 2 main study.