Table 2 Food and beverage items used in study, including preparation/serving protocols and oral sensations assessed

Vegetables

Asparagus

Marque Europe’s Best Brand:

Asparagus spears

1 tip

v(_~2.0 g)

Stored in freezer. Placed in refrigerator to thaw up to 24 h before session.

Served directly from refrigerator

Sweetness

Bitterness

Broccoli

President’s Choice:

Broccoli florets

1 floret

(_~2.0 g)

Brussels sprout

President’s Choice:

Baby brussels sprout

1 sprout

(_~5.0 g)

Sweet peas

President’s Choice:

Small sweet peas

8 peas

(_~1.5 g)

Milk products

Skim milk

Neilson Dairy:

<0.5 % milk

10 mL

Stored in and served directly from refrigerator

Sweetness

Creaminess

Low-fat milk

Neilson Dairy:

1 % milk

10 mL

Reduced-fat milk

Neilson Dairy:

2 % milk

10 mL

Whole milk

Neilson Dairy:

3.25 % milk

10 mL

Table cream

Neilson Dairy:

18 % cream

10 mL

Sweet treats

Cranberry juice

Ocean Spray:

100 % cranberry juice blend

10 mL

Sweetness

Bitterness

Sourness

Diet cranberry juice

Ocean Spray:

Diet cranberry juice

10 mL

Textured foods

Apple sauce

Motts:

Original apple sauce

2 tbsp

Stored in and served directly from refrigerator.

Plastic spoon provided.

Sweetness

Sourness

Graininess

Extra firm tofu

Sunrise:

Extra firm tofu

½ cm²

Stored in and served directly from refrigerator

Saltiness

Firmness

Soft tofu

Sunrise:

Soft tofu

½ cm²

Sweet treats

Milk chocolate

President’s Choice:

Milk chocolate

¼ square

Stored in airtight containers.

Covered with Saran wrap until served

Sweetness Bitterness

Dark chocolate

President’s Choice:

Dark chocolate 70 % cocoa

¼ square

Junior mint

Tootsie Roll Industries:

Junior mint

1 candy

Sweetness Bitterness

Menthol coolness

Salty snacks

Lightly salted chip

Frita Lay’s:

Lightly salted chip

1 chip

Saltiness

Crispiness

Original chip

Frita Lay’s:

Original chip

1 chip

Textured foods

Crispbread

Ryvita:

Multigrain crispbread

¼ cracker