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. 2021 Sep 1;10(9):2066. doi: 10.3390/foods10092066

Table 4.

Overview of sensory profile modifications for each experiment.

Experiment Panellists a Attributes b Consumption Instructions Additional Comments
WPBs with lactose 1 10 18
  • Panellists assessed aroma, then consumed a sip to evaluate flavour followed by two further sips for mouthfeel and aftertaste

  • Panellists were provided with 10 mL of beverage in 25 mL plastic cups (opaque & black (BB Plastics, UK))

  • To prevent bias evaluation, modality appearance was not assessed in case of potential visual differences

WPBs with fat 2 11 14
  • Panellists consumed a sip to evaluate taste/flavour followed by two further sips for mouthfeel and aftertaste

  • Panellists were provided with 10 mL of beverage in 25 mL plastic cups

  • To prevent bias evaluation, modality appearance was not assessed in case of potential visual differences

  • All evaluation was carried out using nose clips; therefore, aroma was also not evaluated

Cupcakes 3 10 37
  • Panellists were asked to break each cupcake in half and consume from the middle

  • Panellists assessed appearance and aroma then consumed a bite to evaluate flavour followed by two further bites for mouthfeel and aftertaste

  • Panellists were provided with a 35 g cupcake

  • All modalities were evaluated

Scones 4 10 32
  • Panellists were asked to break each scone in half and consume from the middle

  • Panellists assessed appearance and aroma then consumed a bite to evaluate flavour followed by two further bites for mouthfeel and aftertaste

  • Panellists were provided with a 30 g scone

  • All modalities were evaluated

Scones with and without cream topping 5 8 7
  • Panellists were asked to break each scone in half and consume from the middle

  • Panellists were provided with a 30 g protein scone with and without cream topping (8 g; clotted cream)

  • Only selected mouthfeel attributes were evaluated based on full sensory profiling results 4

Subscript numbers 1–5 reflect experiment number. a refers to the differing number of panellists present in each experiment. b denotes the varying number of attributes identified within each experiment as fully defined in Table 3. In experiments (1–4) there was a 60 s delay before scoring aftertaste and warm filtered water (~40 °C) was used as the palate cleanser in all experiments.