Study on sucrose taste thresholds in children and adults

Yasaki, Takeshi; Miyashita, Noriko; Ahiko, Ryoichi; Hirano, Yoshiharu; Kamata, Morio; Iizuka, Yoshikazu

doi:10.5834/jdh.26.200

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“…It is unclear whether the reported decline in threshold would be confirmed by statistical analysis. Yasaki et al (1976) have also employed the Harris-Kalmus procedure in a developmental study of detection thresholds. They determined sucrose thresholds for 5-to 6year-olds and for young adults (average age = 23 years).…”

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Development of taste perception in humans: Sensitivity and preference throughout the life span.

Cowart

1981

Psychological Bulletin

198

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Critically reviews literature relating to the development of taste sensitivity and preference in humans. Characterization of the sensitivities and preferences of children and the elderly, relative to those of young adults, is of both theoretical and practical importance. Nonetheless, these age groups have been neglected in psychophysical investigations. There is a need to employ measurement techniques that are minimally affected by developmental changes in attention, motivation, and other nonsensory factors. Increased investigative effort should also be directed toward the study of possible developmental changes in suprathreshold perception. Preferences for taste qualities should not be characterized in terms of averaged, positive or negative responses. Rather, individual functions relating degree of preference to tastant concentration should be examined. (4 p ref)

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Section: The Childmentioning

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Development of taste perception in humans: Sensitivity and preference throughout the life span.

Cowart

1981

Psychological Bulletin

198

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“…[19][20][21] The taste apparatus, especially the innervation of taste papillae, is not as developed and functional as it is in adults. 22 Thus, the range of concentrations we applied was adapted to this.…”

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Development of a method to measure sensory perception in children at the European level

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Background:The 5-year multilevel epidemiological IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietary-and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants) study, launched under the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, aims at counteracting the epidemic of dietary-and lifestyle-induced adverse health effects in children. To reveal possible links between overweight/obesity in childhood with taste sensitivity and taste preferences, special procedures were developed for application at the European level. This paper presents these newly developed procedures. Methods: Testing procedures to assess taste sensitivity for sucrose, sodium chloride, caffeine and monosodium glutamate and taste preferences for sweet, flavour, salty, fatty and umami tastes were developed with 191 children from nursery schools and preschools in northern Germany. To assess test-retest reliability, Cohen's kappa was calculated. Results: The study shows that it is possible to assess taste sensitivity and taste preferences even in young children, provided the framework of the procedures applied is adapted to this scenario. Test-retest reliability was calculated for the procedures applied and the results show that they are very reliable for assessing taste preferences and taste sensitivity in young children. Conclusion: It is possible to assess taste sensitivity and taste preferences even in young children, provided the methods applied are adapted to the special requirements that working with young children entail.

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“…This suggests that children may be less willing to accept sugar‐reduced products than adults. However, previous studies have reported that 5–10 years old children had lower sweet taste sensitivity than adults, being less able to discriminate between samples with different sugar concentration (Glanville, Kaplan, & Fischer, ; James, Laing, & Oram, ; Yasaki et al, ). Understanding children perception of sugar‐reduced products is particularly relevant in developing markets given that most products targeted at children contain excessive sugar content (Giménez, de Saldamando, Curutchet, & Ares, ).…”

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Children and adults' sensory and hedonic perception of added sugar reduction in grape nectar

Lima

Ares

Deliza

2018

Journal of Sensory Studies

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Reducing the added sugar content of sugar‐sweetened beverages is one of the most cost‐effective strategies to achieve short‐term changes in added sugar intake. The present study aimed at evaluating children and adults' sensory and hedonic perception of added sugar reduction in grape nectar. For this purpose, two studies were carried out. In the first study, five sequential difference thresholds for added sugar in grape nectar were determined with school‐aged children and adults using paired comparisons. In the second study 105 children (6–12 years old) and 100 adults evaluated six samples with different added sugar content. They were asked to rate their overall liking and to answer a check‐all‐that‐apply question. Results confirmed the feasibility of reducing the added sugar concentration of grape nectar without affecting the sensory and hedonic perception of both children and adults. Children were less able to detect changes in the sensory characteristics of the added sugar reduced nectar samples than adults but showed higher hedonic sensitivity to added sugar reduction. Large heterogeneity in hedonic reaction toward added sugar‐reduced nectar samples was found in both age groups. Practical applications Results from the present work are expected to provide insights for the development of gradual added sugar reduction programs in fruit nectar for both children and adults. According to the estimated difference thresholds, gradual added sugar reduction could be implemented considering sequential reductions lower than 6.21% to assure that consumers do not perceive changes in the sensory characteristics of the product. Considering that such small reductions would not affect consumer liking, the time elapsed between sequential added sugar reduction steps would not require long waiting times.

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Study on sucrose taste thresholds in children and adults

Cited by 6 publications

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Development of taste perception in humans: Sensitivity and preference throughout the life span.

Development of taste perception in humans: Sensitivity and preference throughout the life span.

Development of a method to measure sensory perception in children at the European level

Children and adults' sensory and hedonic perception of added sugar reduction in grape nectar

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