Table 3

Hedonic scores for bitter melon-containing food dishes

Texture

Bitterness

Smell

Overall

Food dishes consumed with rice

Chili

6.6 ± 1.6^a

5.0 ± 2.2^a

6.5 ± 1.7^a

5.5 ± 2.8^a

Curry

5.6 ± 1.7^c

3.3 ± 2.2^c

5.5 ± 2.1^c

3.5 ± 2.1^c

Food dishes consumed with pasta

Tomato Sauce

7.0 ± 1.4^b

5.9 ± 2.0^b

7.2 ± 1.1^b

6.7 ± 1.4^b

Soup

6.2 ± 1.7^a

5.1 ± 2.3^a

6.3 ± 1.8^a

5.4 ± 2.3^a

Values depict scoring Scale: 1 = extremely dislike; 5 = neither like nor dislike; 9 = extremely like and are represented as mean ± SD

^{a, b, c}Means within attributes, followed by the same superscript are not different (p < 0.05)

Snee et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:78   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-78