Differential modulation of the lactisole ‘Sweet Water Taste’ by sweeteners
Fig 5
Pre-exposure to lactisole suppresses the sweetness of sucrose and neotame in ‘still’ solutions.
Shown are log10 ratings of the sweetness of still solutions of sucrose or neotame perceived on the tongue tip when the solutions were sampled alone or following exposure to a still solution of lactisole, in which rinsing of lactisole is assumed to be incomplete and therefor results in partial suppression of sweetness. Different letters over the bars indicate significant differences in sweetness. The dotted line indicates the level of “barely detectable” sweetness. Vertical bars are the SEs of the log10 means.