title: Prediction of sweetness intensity for equiratio aspartame/sucrose mixtures.
abstract: The Equiratio Mixture Model predicts the responses to a series of equiratio mixtures on the basis of the psychophysical functions for the unmixed components. The model predicts the sweetness of mixtures of sugars and sugar-alcohols successfully, but is unable to predict mixture intensity for substances with different dynamic ranges. In this paper, the equi-intensity concept is introduced in the Equiratio Mixture Model by transforming the physical concentrations expressed in molarity into units that produce approximately equi-intense sensations. An empirical test using aspartame/sucrose mixtures shows that the modified Equiratio Mixture Model yields good predictions of mixture intensities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marketing and Marketing Research, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Schifferstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001218:Aspartame / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008954:Models, Biological; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012996:Solutions; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013652:Taste Threshold
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D013395:Sucrose; D001218:Aspartame