Abstract

Time‐Intensity (T‐I) and Gustatory Reaction Time (GRT) methodologies were used to study the relative sweetness of sucrose and fructose at 25C. Eleven panelists evaluated nine concentrations (5 to 45%, w/v) of sucrose and fructose by T‐I and seven parameters were determined. Higher values were obtained for fructose at 25, 30 and 35% for Maximum Intensity; at 35, 40 and 45% for the Area Under the Curve; at 40 and 45% for Time to decline the Intensity to half of its maximum value and at 45% for Rate of Increase. Ten subjects evaluated seven concentrations (3 to 15%, w/v) of sucrose and fructose by the GRT procedure. Fructose had shorter GRT than sucrose at 3 and 4.5%. Thus, fructose at 25, 30 and 35%, has a more intense and at 40% more persistent sweetness than sucrose and is detected earlier than sucrose at concentrations near gustatory threshold.

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