. 2022 Aug 5;11(15):2339. doi: 10.3390/foods11152339

Table 5.

Attribute overall liking for the plant-based alternative products in two sessions. Mean values of the 9-point hedonic scale with 95% confidence intervals and significance variances.

Nutrition Style	Attribute “Likes Very Much” and “Likes Extremely”	N	Oat Drink Mean (95% CI) and Significance		Cheese Mean (95% CI) and Significance		Salami Mean (95% CI) and Significance
Nutrition Style	Attribute “Likes Very Much” and “Likes Extremely”	N	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Omnivore		36	6.48 (5.92–7.05) ^a	6.45 (5.91–7.00) ^a	6.58 (5.90–7.25) ^a	6.73 (6.14–7.31) ^a	5.24 (4.42–6.06) ^a	5.52 (4.70–6.33) ^ns
	% within nutrition style		33.3	27.2	42.4	27.3	18.2	21.2
Flexitarian		62	7.05 (6.71–7.39) ^a	7.11 (6.73–7.48) ^ab	6.97 (6.58–7.35) ^a	6.88 (6.42–7.33) ^a	6.40 (5.93–6.87) ^a	6.26 (5.77–6.75) ^ns
	% within nutrition style		41.5	47.7	44.6	46.1	30.8	26.2
Vegetarian		44	7.27 (6.96–7.59) ^a	7.02 (6.62–7.42) ^ab	6.70 (6.10–7.31) ^a	6.70 (6.06–7.35) ^a	6.27 (5.68–6.86) ^b	6.32 (5.78–6.86) ^ns
	% within nutrition style		52.3	40.9	45.4	47.7	31.8	22.7
Vegan		17	8.06 (7.77–8.34) ^b	7.82 (7.37–8.28) ^b	8.18 (7.85–8.50) ^b	8.06 (7.72–8.40) ^b
	% within nutrition style		88.2	76.4	88.2	82.3

^a,b Significance according to Fisher’s LSD α = 0.05, ^ns not significant.