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. 2020 Sep 1;9(9):1213. doi: 10.3390/foods9091213

Table 3.

Terms used by Millennial consumers to describe commercial smoothies in the Napping® test and number of mentions for each of the samples, considering that 100 consumers participated in the test.

Term Smoothie Number of Term Repetitions
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
Fruity 16 17 30 32 6 34 16 22 22 26 0 23 1 28 273
Fresh Fruity 9 9 11 16 3 20 18 19 18 16 2 19 2 11 173
Overripe fruity 16 12 16 19 6 19 10 15 7 19 1 9 1 20 170
Citric 5 26 21 15 1 14 43 19 52 16 0 46 0 23 281
Berries 1 3 11 1 1 0 7 9 3 10 0 9 0 0 55
Tropical fruit 18 17 28 39 3 38 22 30 19 29 0 22 0 33 298
Stone fruit 3 7 5 12 1 12 3 5 2 5 0 0 1 6 62
Caramel 0 2 4 3 2 4 1 6 2 6 0 2 0 4 36
Cooked notes 6 5 3 2 10 1 4 5 0 3 9 1 8 2 59
Earthy 16 8 4 1 24 0 1 1 3 1 26 0 22 2 109
Herbal 15 3 2 2 29 1 2 1 3 2 41 2 41 2 146
Vegetal 16 8 3 2 53 2 8 2 6 2 61 0 59 5 227
Spicy 7 4 2 2 10 1 4 2 0 2 14 2 14 3 67
Beetroot 3 0 0 1 21 1 5 1 4 2 19 3 19 0 79
Familiar 8 8 9 21 3 19 9 13 10 19 3 14 3 17 156
Unknown 5 2 2 0 5 0 1 1 4 1 8 0 7 0 36
Apple 4 4 12 6 1 6 2 12 2 9 0 6 0 1 65
Vegetable 16 5 2 1 41 0 4 2 10 1 48 1 47 3 181
After-taste 16 11 10 8 11 8 13 10 16 6 19 13 17 13 171
Artificial 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 4 3 23
Sweetness 30 16 29 63 10 59 13 34 14 44 1 18 2 50 383
Sourness 6 19 32 15 3 15 48 27 53 21 2 57 2 22 322
Bitterness 8 12 7 3 23 2 12 7 8 2 28 8 30 3 153
Astringency 3 7 5 0 3 1 9 7 8 4 4 8 5 2 66
Chalkiness 9 17 13 4 8 7 7 12 6 11 8 5 8 6 121
Grainy 22 27 15 9 3 8 7 10 8 18 9 9 5 10 160
Viscosity 25 25 17 11 6 10 8 15 10 18 5 10 5 9 174
Liquid 1 7 8 11 10 13 22 11 21 5 7 19 6 17 158
Persistent 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 11
Flat 4 6 3 2 6 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 40
Unpleasant 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 7 1 23
Dense 8 6 4 3 1 4 0 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 42
Aromatic 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
Soft 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 16
Number of Terms of Each Sample 304 298 313 308 313 303 304 307 319 306 332 310 322 306