Table 2.
Mean panel scores for sensory attributes of the eight celery samples harvested in UK 2018 and Spain 2019.
| Attribute | Score A | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | P B | Spain | P B | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | |||
| Appearance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colour | 56.4 b | 63.6 ab | 62.6 ab | 72.9 a | 72.1 a | 65.6 ab | 70.5 a | 26.8 c | *** | 45.6 c | 51.2 c | 50.0 c | 69.9 ab | 71.8 a | 56.0 bc | 71.6 a | 26.7 d | *** |
| Stalk thickness | 49.8 ab | 49.5 ab | 55.8 a | 20.9 b | 58.7 a | 62.5 a | 61.3 a | 55.0 a | *** | 42.4 ab | 46.8 ab | 38.2 bc | 27.3 c | 55.5 a | 55.9 a | 58.4 a | 54.4 a | *** |
| Ribbed | 46.6 bc | 61.0 ab | 61.7 a | 65.9 a | 35.5 cd | 25.4 d | 34.2 cd | 37.4 cd | *** | 66.7 a | 64.0 ab | 67.9 a | 76.1 a | 48.4 c | 42.1 c | 49.6 bc | 49.5 bc | *** |
| Odour | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fresh fennel | 16.5 | 14.2 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 18.6 | 15.4 | 18.2 | ns | 19.5 | 18.4 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 24.8 | 19.9 | 15.8 | 13.7 | ns |
| Grassy/green | 32.6 a | 31.0 ab | 32.1 ab | 36.3 a | 30.7 ab | 28.3 ab | 35.3 a | 21.1 b | *** | 11.6 b | 19.4 ab | 24.3 a | 25.6 a | 23.5 a | 20.1 ab | 23.2 a | 19.2 ab | ** |
| Fresh parsley | 14.1 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 19.1 | 20.6 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 10.8 | ns | 11.5 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 18.5 | 16.6 | 14.1 | 11.4 | ns |
| Fresh coriander | 12.8 | 12.1 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 14.2 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 11.1 | ns | 17.9 | 18.9 | 21.5 | 15.1 | 22.8 | 22.7 | 17.7 | 14.3 | ns |
| Taste/flavour | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bitter | 23.1 abc | 24.0 abc | 24.7 abc | 35.9 a | 28.2 abc | 31.3 ab | 24.4 abc | 15.5 c | ns | 24.4 ab | 30.9 ab | 29.4 ab | 30.9 ab | 28.4 ab | 36.4 a | 26.1 ab | 18.1 b | ** |
| Salt | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | ** | 26.4 | 22.6 | 27.3 | 31.3 | 23.4 | 31.2 | 24.8 | 18.7 | ns |
| Sweet | 15.2 bcd | 20.3 ab | 21.6 ab | 10.6 d | 15.6 bcd | 12.2 cd | 20.0 ab | 24.6 a | *** | 18.3 | 19.8 | 21.4 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 14.5 | 16.1 | 22.8 | ns |
| Fresh fennel | 11.9 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 11.3 | ns | 15.0 | 15.7 | 10.4 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 10.8 | ns |
| Rocket | 11.3 bc | 13.4 bc | 12.4 bc | 23.8 a | 16.6 abc | 16.9 abc | 10.4 bc | 7.7 c | *** | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ns |
| Fresh coriander | 17.5 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 9.6 | 15.0 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 14.1 | ns | 17.2 | 21.0 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 15.7 | 13.8 | ns |
| Soapy | 18.2 ab | 12.4 b | 16.4 ab | 18.4 ab | 15.4 ab | 23.7 a | 16.3 ab | 13.0 ab | * | 19.1 | 20.5 | 25.1 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 19.7 | 15.0 | ns |
| Cucumber | 25.7 ab | 33.2 ab | 30.4 ab | 9.1 c | 30.0 ab | 22.4 b | 27.9 ab | 37.7 a | *** | 12.8 | 14.1 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 15.3 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 14.8 | ns |
| Mouthfeel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Crunchy | 65.4 abc | 62.6 bc | 64.9 abc | 56.7 c | 70.2 ab | 66.4 abc | 73.7 a | 62.5 bc | *** | 64.0 | 67.4 | 67.8 | 61.9 | 70.5 | 66.2 | 70.3 | 65.5 | ns |
| Stringy | 40.8 b | 46.6 b | 40.1 b | 64.1 a | 33.2 b | 40.6 b | 35.1 b | 35.2 b | *** | 60.2 ab | 58.2 ab | 59.9 ab | 71.9 a | 47.2 bc | 57.3 abc | 38.5 c | 52.4 abc | *** |
| Moist | 50.6 a | 47.2 a | 50.0 a | 29.7 b | 53.1 a | 44.3 a | 51.4 a | 54.8 a | *** | 49.9 | 55.8 | 45.1 | 35.5 | 58.6 | 47.8 | 52.1 | 56.2 | ns |
| Firmness of first bite | 63.7 | 59.9 | 63.3 | 59.2 | 68.9 | 65.7 | 67.6 | 58.6 | ns | 64.8 | 66.1 | 65.6 | 63.5 | 67.2 | 63.2 | 69.9 | 63.2 | ns |
| Aftereffects | ||||||||||||||||||
| Numbness | 13.1 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 20.9 | 16.4 | 21.1 | 23.1 | 16.0 | 11.4 | ns | |
| Bitter | 17.4 bc | 18.4 bc | 18.3 bc | 29.0 a | 19.1 bc | 25.7 ab | 16.0 bc | 12.0 c | *** | 16.7 ab | 19.4 ab | 24.3 a | 21.8 ab | 19.2 ab | 25.0 a | 17.2 ab | 12.0 b | * |
| Soapy | 16.9 ab | 15.7 ab | 16.7 ab | 21.2 ab | 19.9 ab | 24.8 a | 18.6 ab | 12.9 b | * | 18.3 | 21.5 | 22.7 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 25.5 | 18.8 | 11.7 | ns |
| Grassy/green | 27.7 | 27.0 | 30.3 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 26.4 | 31.4 | 19.0 | ns | 12.3 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 19.9 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 13.6 | ns |
A Means are from two replicate samples; differing small letters (a, b, c, d, e, f) represent sample significance from multiple comparisons and means not labelled with the same letters are significantly different (p < 0.05); nd, not detected. B Probability obtained by ANOVA that there is a difference between means; ns, no significant difference between means (p > 0.05); * significant at the 5% level; ** significant at the 1% level; *** significant at 0.1% level.