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Table 6 Sweet and salty taste perception and preference in healthy food trial

From: Association between taste sensitivity, taste preference, and obesity: study of healthy snacks in children aged 9–14 years

 

Sweet Taste

Salty Taste

Category

Mango pudding

n=101 (%)

Banana klappertaart

n=101 (%)

Total

n=202 (%)

Tofu schotel

n=101 (%)

Stuffed tofu with meatball

n=101 (%)

Total

N=202 (%)

Taste Perception

 Not sweet/ salty

36 (35.6)

41 (40.6)

77 (38.1)

53 (52.5)

38 (37.6)

91 (45.0)

 Enough

61 (60.4)

41 (40.6)

102 (50.4)

40 (39.6)

60 (59.4)

100 (49.5)

 Too sweet/ salty

4 (4.0)

19 (18.8)

23 (11.3)

8 (7.9)

3 (3.0)

11 (5.4)

Taste Preference

 Very like

43(42.6)

18 (17.8)

61 (30.1)

26 (25.7)

48 (47.5)

74 (36.6)

 Like

58 (57.4)

66 (65.3)

124 (61.3)

70 (69.3)

50 (49.5)

120 (59.4)

 Less like

0 (0.0)

17 (16.8)

17 (8.4)

5 (5.0)

3 (3.0)

8 (3.9)