Table 3.
RATA attribute assessment of plant-based cheese in two sessions on a 5-point scale, with different shares of 159 participants. Significant differences could be calculated for the attributes in bold.
| 1st Session | 2nd Session | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attribute * | Omnivore | Flexitarian | Vegetarian | Vegan | Omnivore | Flexitarian | Vegetarian | Vegan | |
| Yellow_A | N (% of total) | 33 (20.9) | 64 (40.5) | 44 (27.8) | 17 (10.8) | 33 (20.8) | 65 (40.9) | 44 (27.7) | 17 (10.7) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 4.85 (4.72–4.98) | 4.89 (4.81–4.97) | 4.77 (4.64–4.90) | 4.94 (4.82–5.07) | 4.79 (4.64–4.94) ab | 4.88 (4.79–4.96) b | 4.77 (4.64–4.90) ab | 4.65 (4.39–4.90) a | |
| Glossy_A | N (% of total) | 3 (18.8) | 8 (50.0) | 4 (25.0) | 1 (6.3) | 8 (32.0) | 8 (32.0) | 7 (28.0) | 2 (8.0) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.67 (1.24–7.46) | 3.38 (2.20–4.55) | 3.50 (1.74–6.26) | 3.00 | 2.13 (1.08–3.17) | 2.75 (1.28–4.22) | 3.14 (1.69–4.60) | 4.50 (0.85–5.85) | |
| Cheesy_O | N (% of total) | 33 (21.6) | 60 (39.2) | 43 (28.1) | 17 (11.1) | 32 (21.2) | 60 (39.7) | 42 (27.8) | 17 (11.3) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 4.27 (3.86–4.68) a | 4.67 (4.46–4.88) b | 4.51 (4.27–4.76) ab | 4.59 (4.33–4.85) ab | 4.28 (3.96–4.60) ab | 4.62 (4.45–4.78) b | 4.52 (4.31–4.73) ab | 4.12 (3.52–4.72) a | |
| Nutty_O | N (% of total) | 15 (22.4) | 26 (38.8) | 17 (25.4) | 9 (13.4) | 16 (21.9) | 25 (34.2) | 24 (32.9) | 8 (11.0) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.27 (2.50–4.03) | 3.35 (2.88–3.82) | 3.53 (3.04–4.01) | 3.22 (2.08–4.36) | 2.56 (1.89–3.24) a | 3.60 (3.14–4.06) b | 3.71 (3.27–4.15) b | 3.50 (2.73–4.27) ab | |
| Sour_O | N (% of total) | 21 (23.1) | 40 (44.0) | 24 (26.4) | 6 (6.6) | 21 (20.8) | 40 (39.6) | 30 (29.7) | 10 (9.9) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.43 (2.94–3.92) | 3.40 (3.03–3.77) | 3.25 (2.78–3.72) | 3.83 (2.80–4.87) | 3.19 (2.62–3.76) | 3.58 (3.22–3.93) | 3.17 (2.65–3.69) | 3.20 (2.26–4.14) | |
| Brothy_O | N (% of total) | 23 (18.3) | 50 (39.7) | 38 (30.2) | 15 (11.9) | 21 (17.1) | 46 (37.4) | 41 (33.3) | 15 (12.2) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.52 (3.02–4.02) a | 3.76 (3.46–4.06) ab | 3.84 (3.53–4.15) ab | 4.27 (3.88–4.66) b | 3.86 (3.37–4.34) | 3.89 (3.51–4.27) | 4.05 (3.78–4.32) | 4.33 (4.06–4.60) | |
| Cereal_O | N (% of total) | 7 (25.9) | 11 (40.7) | 8 (29.6) | 1 (3.7) | 9 (26.5) | 13 (38.2) | 8 (23.5) | 4 (11.8) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.86 (3.03–4.69) | 2.73 (1.87–3.58) | 3.63 (2.74–4.51) | 4.00 | 1.89 (0.91–2.86) | 2.46 (1.62–3.30) | 2.88 (1.83–3.92) | 2.75 (0.36–5.14) | |
| Cheesy_T | N (% of total) | 27 (19.4) | 58 (41.7) | 38 (27.3) | 16 (11.5) | 29 (19.7) | 61 (41.5) | 41 (27.9) | 16 (10.9) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 4.26 (3.94–4.58) | 4.33 (4.13–4.52) | 4.18 (3.94–4.42) | 4.25 (3.94–4.56) | 4.00 (3.66–4.34) | 4.33 (4.13–4.53) | 4.24 (3.95–4.53) | 3.94 (3.37–4.50) | |
| Milky_T | N (% of total) | 17 (21.5) | 30 (38.0) | 25 (31.6) | 7 (8.9) | 20 (22.2) | 32 (35.6) | 34 (37.8) | 4 (4.4) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.65 (3.29–4.01) | 3.60 (3.25–3.95) | 3.60 (3.14–4.06) | 3.43 (2.38–4.48) | 3.10 (2.53–3.67) a | 3.66 (3.36–3.95) b | 3.56 (3.30–3.82) ab | 3.75 (1.75–5.75) ab | |
| Salty_T | N (% of total) | 27 (18.9) | 59 (41.3) | 44 (30.8) | 13 (9.1) | 26 (17.9) | 60 (41.4) | 42 (29.0) | 17 (11.7) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 4.07 (3.64–4.51) | 3.93 (3.65–4.21) | 4.05 (3.72–4.37) | 4.00 (3.51–4.49) | 4.12 (3.73–4.50) | 4.08 (3.83–4.33) | 3.93 (3.59–4.27) | 3.88 (3.41–4.36) | |
| Sweet_T | N (% of total) | 6 (20.7) | 13 (44.8) | 9 (31.0) | 1 (3.4) | 10 (34.5) | 11 (37.9) | 6 (20.7) | 2 (6.9) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.67 (2.81–4.52) | 2.62 (1.74–3.49) | 3.11 (1.99–4.23) | 4.00 | 2.80 (1.86–3.74) | 2.73 (1.99–3.47) | 3.50 (2.62–4.38) | 3.00 (1.71–5.17) | |
| Umami_T | N (% of total) | 26 (17.8) | 60 (41.1) | 43 (29.5) | 17 (11.6) | 25 (17.5) | 60 (42.0) | 41 (28.7) | 17 (11.9) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.96 (3.56–4.37) a | 4.12 (3.93–4.30) ab | 4.26 (4.01–4.50) ab | 4.47 (4.15–4.79) b | 3.84 (3.45–4.23) a | 4.08 (3.85–4.31) ab | 4.37 (4.17–4.56) b | 4.29 (3.79–4.80) ab | |
| Creamy_TX | N (% of total) | 30 (20.4) | 63 (42.9) | 37 (25.2) | 17 (11.6) | 27 (18.8) | 61 (42.4) | 40 (27.8) | 16 (11.1) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 4.07 (3.70–4.43) | 4.05 (3.78–4.31) | 4.14 (3.82–4.45) | 4.00 (3.55–4.45) | 3.70 (3.25–4.15) | 3.98 (3.73–4.24) | 4.15 (3.91–4.39) | 3.81 (3.16–4.46) | |
| Juicy_TX | N (% of total) | 23 (20.0) | 48 (41.7) | 29 (25.2) | 15 (13.0) | 22 (19.5) | 49 (43.4) | 30 (26.5) | 12 (10.6) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 3.65 (3.17–4.13) | 3.79 (3.47–4.11) | 3.93 (3.59–4.27) | 4.20 (3.89–4.51) | 3.55 (3.00–4.09) | 3.67 (3.31–4.03) | 3.83 (3.51–4.16) | 3.83 (3.38–4.29) | |
| Sticky_TX | N (% of total) | 14 (35.9) | 16 (41.0) | 7 (17.9) | 2 (5.1) | 14 (30.4) | 19 (41.3) | 9 (19.6) | 4 (8.7) |
| Mean (95% CI) | 2.86 (2.05–3.67) | 3.25 (2.54–3.96) | 3.29 (2.13–4.45) | 2.50 (1.56–3.15) | 2.36 (1.55–3.16) | 3.05 (2.49–3.62) | 2.89 (1.99–3.79) | 3.00 (1.16–4.84) | |
* _A = appearance, _O = odor, _T = taste, _TX = texture; a,b significance according to Fisher’s LSD α = 0.05.