Provitamin A retention and sensory acceptability of landrace orange maize (MW5021) food products among school-aged children living in rural Malawi

Table 1 Acceptance of maize products determined by children of primary and secondary farmers

Food products	Attribute	Farmer’s children	Orange maize acceptance scores	White maize acceptance scores
Plain Porridge	Colour	Primary farmer's children	6.5 ± 1.4^a	5.6 ± 1.9^b
	Colour	Secondary farmer's children	6.1 ± 1.5^a	5.2 ± 2.0^b
	Taste	Primary farmer's children	6.0 ± 1.5^a*	4.9 ± 2.0^b
	Taste	Secondary farmer's children	5.0 ± 1.8^a	4.3 ± 2.3^b
	Sweetness	Primary farmer's children	5.5 ± 1.9^a*	4.2 ± 2.3^b
	Sweetness	Secondary farmer's children	4.6 ± 2.0^a	4.2 ± 2.1^a
Sugar Porridge	Colour	Primary farmer's children	6.6 ± 1.1^a	6.2 ± 1.2^a
	Colour	Secondary farmer's children	6.7 ± 1.0^a	6.1 ± 1.5^b
	Taste	Primary farmer's children	6.5 ± 1.0^a	6.3 ± 1.2^a
	Taste	Secondary farmer's children	6.6 ± 0.8^a	6.5 ± 0.9^a
	Sweetness	Primary farmer's children	6.5 ± 0.9^a	6.4 ± 1.3^a
	Sweetness	Secondary farmer's children	6.6 ± 0.9^a	6.4 ± 1.0^a
Nsima	Colour	Primary farmer's children	6.8 ± 0.7^a*	5.8 ± 1.9^b
	Colour	Secondary farmer's children	6.3 ± 1.3^a	5.6 ± 2.0^b
	Taste	Primary farmer's children	6.2 ± 1.2^a*	5.1 ± 2.1^b
	Taste	Secondary farmer's children	5.4 ± 1.8^a	5.0 ± 2.1^a
	Sweetness	Primary farmer's children	5.9 ± 1.6^a*	4.3 ± 2.2^b
	Sweetness	Secondary farmer's children	5.2 ± 1.8^a	4.4 ± 2.1^b

Values represent the mean ± SD of scores of a 1–7 Hedonic Scale. One indicating “dislike” and 7 indicating "like very much". a, b = Values with different letters are significantly different between orange versus white maize in a row at p ≤ 0.05.* = indicates significant differences between primary and secondary farmers’ children for a specific attribute in a column. n = 76

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