Maria Carla Cravero, Monica Laureati, Sara Spinelli, Federica Bonello, Erminio Monteleone, Cristina Proserpio, Maria Rosa Lottero, Ella Pagliarini, Caterina Dinnella
Alcoholic beverage consumption plays an important role in European culture, and in many contexts drinking alcohol is socially acceptable and considered part of the diet. Understanding the determinants of alcohol preference and consumption is important not only for disease prevention, intervention, and policy management, but also for market segmentation, product development, and optimization. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of individual responsiveness to various oral sensations on self-reported liking and intake of 14 alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (including beers, wines, spirits, and cocktails) considering gender, age, and oral responsiveness (measured through response to 6- n -propyl-2-thiouracil -PROP, basic tastes, astringency, and pungency) in a large sample of Italian consumers...
August 17, 2020: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)