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Measuring Liking for Food and Drink

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The hedonic component of food reward is the result of an integrative process where the sensory and perceptual information about the food or drink is combined with a range of factors unrelated to the product itself, such as the individual’s physiological status, personal experiences, culture and context. This perceptual and evaluative component of reward has been regarded as a key predictor of food consumption. Hedonic measures obtained in response to food and drink products have great importance in sensory and consumer science and are used to inform decision making in the food industry. In this context, the aim of the present chapter is to review methodological approaches to measure liking for food and drink. The most popular direct and indirect (i.e., implicit) methods are presented. Advantages and disadvantages of the methods are discussed from a critical perspective and recommendations for practitioners are provided.

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Ares, G., Vidal, L. (2020). Measuring Liking for Food and Drink. In: Meiselman, H. (eds) Handbook of Eating and Drinking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14504-0_26

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