Liquid foams can be formed by trapping pockets of gas in a beverage. The primary objective of this study is to test the individual contribution, and possible interaction, of the liquid volume and gas to liquid volume ratio (i.e. %overrun (%OR, defined as 100 x \[gas volume/liquid volume\]) of a beverage to its satiating properties.
It is not known how the liquid and gas volumes of a liquid foam contribute to its satiating properties and how and if these factors interact. The best way to assess these parameter combinations and their interactions is to use a special statistical approach named "Response Surface Methodology" (RSM). The current study therefore has a Central Composite Design with 9 foams differing in liquid volume and in ratio of gas to liquid volume (%overrun, which is defined as 100 x gas volume/liquid volume). Each subject will be appointed to a single parameter combination and receives this parameter combination twice, separated by a one-week wash-out period. On both test days subjects' self-assessment of feelings of satiety and physical discomfort will be recorded during 4 hours post-consumption of the treatment using Electronic Visual Analogue Scale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
96
Leatherhead Food Research
Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom
Hunger and satiety questions (Area under the time curve of hunger and satiety scores (as rated by the subjects on a Visual Analog Scale)
Area under the time curve of hunger and satiety scores (as rated by the subjects on a Visual Analog Scale)
Time frame: 245 minutes
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