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. 2020 Mar 10;10(17):10297–10308. doi: 10.1039/c9ra08311a

Overall acceptability values (average ± standard deviation) obtained in the sensory analysis with judges (n = 128) for the fermented dairy beverages trials after 7, 14 and 21 days storagea.

Attributes Day Trials
T1 T2 T3
Flavor 7 6 ± 3Aa 6 ± 3Aa 6 ±3Aa
14 6 ± 2Aa 6 ± 3Aa 6 ±2Aa
21 7 ± 2Aa 6 ± 3Aa 7 ±2Aa
Sweetness 7 6 ± 2Aa 6 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
14 6 ± 2Aa 6 ± 3Aa 7 ± 2Aa
21 6 ± 2Aa 7 ± 3Aa 7 ± 2Aa
Consistency 7 6 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
14 6 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
21 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
Appearance 7 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa
14 7 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa
21 7 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
Color 7 8 ± 2Ab 8 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa
14 7 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa 8 ± 2Aa
21 8 ± 2Aab 8 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
General acceptability 7 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
14 6 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
21 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa 7 ± 2Aa
a

T1 = dairy beverage control, without lactobacilli adjunct; T2 = dairy beverage with L. rhamnosus LR32; T3 = dairy beverage with L. casei BGP93. AIn a row, same superscript uppercase letters did not differ significantly between the trials studied in a same day (p > 0.05). aIn a column, same lowercase letters did not differ significantly over time for the same trial in a same parameter (p > 0.05).