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That smells filling: effects of pairings of odours with sweetness and thickness on odour perception and expected satiety

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posted on 2023-06-09, 02:14 authored by Martin YeomansMartin Yeomans, Sophie Boakes
Retronasal co-experience of odours with sweet tastes and thick textures have been shown to result in attribution of sweetness and thickness to odours when they are subsequently sniffed. Orosensory thickness and creaminess are also associated with expectations that a product will be filling. Here we test for the first time whether co-experience of odours with orosensory thickness and sweetness results in transfer of satiety expectations to these odours when subsequently sniffed. Eighty healthy volunteers evaluated the hedonic and sensory characteristics of odours, and expectations that products with the same flavour as the odour would be filling, before and after disguised co-experience of odours with sweetness (sucrose), thickness (tara gum solution) or the combination of sweet/thick, as well as untrained (control) odours. Odours paired with tara gum were subsequently rated as smelling thicker and more creamy, while odours paired with sucrose smelled sweeter. Pairing odours with tara gum increased the expectation that products predicted to have the same flavour as the sniffed odour would be more filling, and this was enhanced by sweetness, while pairing odours with tara-gum increased the expectation that products with that odour would reduce later hunger. Liking for odours paired with sweetness increased, but pairing with thickness alone reduced liking. These data suggest that satiety-consonant sensory characteristics can transfer to associated odours, and that this process is independent of changes in liking. This raises the possibility of using satiety-associated odour cues to manipulate consumer satiety expectations.

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Food Quality and Preference

ISSN

0950-3293

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

54

Page range

128-136

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-07-26

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-07-25

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-07-26

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