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Article: Relate physical properties to sensory attributes of carbonated beverages.
- Article from:
- Emerging Food R&D Report
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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Bulk sweeteners generate a variety of functional properties in beverages including sweetness, palatability, flavor, bulking, bitterness, masking sour notes, structure and mouthfeel. Diet beverages can approach the taste of regular beverages by using a blend of high-intensity sweeteners. Some properties, including bulking, structure and mouthfeel, though, remain significantly different.
Relating the physical properties of these beverages to their sensory characteristics is an important step in being able to understand why mouthfeel is different for beverages sweetened with alternative sweeteners than for beverages sweetened with bulk sweeteners. With this in mind, ...