Table 5 Temporal dominance of sensations results of sucrose-citric acid mixtures under varying concentration

From: Dynamic interaction of sweet and sour taste perceptions based on sucrose and citric acid

Sucrose-citric acid mixture

Total time*

Sweet*

Sour*

Astringency*

Salivating sensation

Cloying sweetness*

2%Sucrose + 0.003%Citric acid

38.1 ± 1.99ab

17.69 ± 1.9a

5.02 ± 1.24 d

6.48 ± 1.57ab

7.33 ± 1.79a

1.57 ± 0.67b

2%Sucrose + 0.006%Citric acid

33.12 ± 1.65b

12.19 ± 1.35bc

6.69 ± 0.95 cd

4.69 ± 0.99b

9.02 ± 1.7a

0.52 ± 0.31b

2%Sucrose + 0.010%Citric acid

40.62 ± 2.55ab

7.81 ± 1.5 cd

10.79 ± 1.38ab

10 ± 2.22a

11.07 ± 2.07a

0.95 ± 0.66b

6%Sucrose + 0.010%Citric acid

39.79 ± 2.98ab

16.9 ± 1.77ab

4.79 ± 1.1 d

3.14 ± 1.38b

12.07 ± 2.33a

2.88 ± 1.02ab

6%Sucrose + 0.018%Citric acid

37.71 ± 1.75ab

16.31 ± 1.73ab

7.74 ± 0.86bcd

3.33 ± 0.89b

8.4 ± 2.12a

1.93 ± 0.74ab

6%Sucrose + 0.030%Citric acid

40.48 ± 3.59ab

9.21 ± 1.68 cd

11.43 ± 1.42ab

7.21 ± 2.02ab

11.52 ± 2.53a

1.1 ± 0.57b

10%Sucrose + 0.037%Citric acid

42.12 ± 3.53a

18.26 ± 2.18a

5.76 ± 0.63 cd

6 ± 1.89ab

7.9 ± 1.35a

4.19 ± 1.37a

10%Sucrose + 0.068%Citric acid

41.83 ± 3.15ab

14.67 ± 2.27ab

9.29 ± 1.02bc

6.64 ± 1.74ab

8.88 ± 1.85a

2.36 ± 0.93ab

10%Sucrose + 0.112%Citric acid

39.71 ± 2.71ab

6.6 ± 1.11 d

14.02 ± 1.94 d

4.88 ± 1.39b

13.64 ± 2.6a

0.57 ± 0.25b

  1. * Indicate that the samples were significantly different.
  2. Different letters in the same line indicate significant differences between samples by Duncan’s test (p < 0.05).