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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24009| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | A healthier beverage choice is based on a subjective assessment of sweet taste |
| Authors: | Reijnen, Ester Kühne, Swen J. Ritter, Reto |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47 10.21256/zhaw-24009 |
| Published in: | Journal of Food Research |
| Volume(Issue): | 10 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 47 |
| Pages to: | 55 |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Canadian Center of Science and Education |
| ISSN: | 1927-0887 1927-0895 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Sugar sweetened beverage; Choice; Ratio; Individual perceived difference; Taste |
| Subject (DDC): | 150: Psychology |
| Abstract: | Despite promising interventions to lower people’s daily sugar consumption, such as health- or taste-focused labels, the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) continues to rise. To improve the effectiveness of existing labels, the way people process sugar amounts in grams (g) as displayed on beverages seems to merit elucidation. For example, do people perceive the difference in the amount of sugar, and thus in the subjective sweet taste, between two beverages according to Weber’s law? Additionally, is that perceived difference the cause of their beverage choice? In order to investigate these questions, participants in this online experiment first had to estimate the sugar difference between two beverages based on grams and then decide whether they would switch to a lower-sugar beverage. We found that participants’ different estimates followed Weber’s law. The choice of the lower-sugar beverage, however, depended on how large they personally perceived that difference. In other words, the choice was independent of the ratio. These results show that future labels, rather than indicating the total amount of sugar, should indicate whether the reduction, for example in the amount of sugar compared to another beverage, was perceived as significant by others. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/24009 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Applied Psychology |
| Organisational Unit: | Psychological Institute (PI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie |
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Reijnen, E., Kühne, S. J., & Ritter, R. (2021). A healthier beverage choice is based on a subjective assessment of sweet taste. Journal of Food Research, 10(2), 47–55. https://doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47
Reijnen, E., Kühne, S.J. and Ritter, R. (2021) ‘A healthier beverage choice is based on a subjective assessment of sweet taste’, Journal of Food Research, 10(2), pp. 47–55. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47.
E. Reijnen, S. J. Kühne, and R. Ritter, “A healthier beverage choice is based on a subjective assessment of sweet taste,” Journal of Food Research, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 47–55, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47.
REIJNEN, Ester, Swen J. KÜHNE und Reto RITTER, 2021. A healthier beverage choice is based on a subjective assessment of sweet taste. Journal of Food Research. März 2021. Bd. 10, Nr. 2, S. 47–55. DOI 10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47
Reijnen, Ester, Swen J. Kühne, and Reto Ritter. 2021. “A Healthier Beverage Choice Is Based on a Subjective Assessment of Sweet Taste.” Journal of Food Research 10 (2): 47–55. https://doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47.
Reijnen, Ester, et al. “A Healthier Beverage Choice Is Based on a Subjective Assessment of Sweet Taste.” Journal of Food Research, vol. 10, no. 2, Mar. 2021, pp. 47–55, https://doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v10n2p47.
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