title: The palatability of cereal based nutritional supplements in cancer patients.
abstract: Recently, it is reported that intervention of oral nutritional supplement improves the nutritional status of cancer patients, and the effectiveness is affected by the sensory preference of cancer patients on the oral nutritional supplement. However, the variety of oral nutritional supplement is extremely limited and the number of patient's benefits from using the products are restricted mostly due to sensory dislikes. The objective of this study was to provide sensory preference score of trial manufactured products with different accessory ingredients to maximize the use of oral nutritional supplements. Cancer patients (n = 30) and age, sex-matched healthy volunteers (n = 30) participated in the sensory assessments (taste, flavor, viscosity, color and overall preference) of three types of oral supplements (cereal base, cereal base+herb and cereal base+fruit) and a control supplement product with scorched cereal flavor, a top seller in current Korean market. Results indicate that the cancer patients' overall preference was significantly higher for the control supplement, and fruit added supplement was preferred over plain cereal and herb added products, although the difference was insignificant. However, there was no significant preference difference for the supplements among the control group for all sensory factors. These results suggest that cancer patients are more sensitive to sensory preferences compared to the control group, and the patients prefer the flavor of cooked cereal which is a staple food in Korea.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Clinical Nutrition, Korea.
authors: Hyun Wook
authors: HW
authors: Baik
authors: Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul 140-742, Korea.
authors: Mi-Kyung
authors: 0000-0002-3575-5628
authors: MK
authors: Sung
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, DMC Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, Seongnam 463-600, Korea.
authors: Yu Sun
authors: YS
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul 140-742, Korea.
authors: Min-Kyung
authors: MK
authors: Song
authors: Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Hanbuk University, Dongducheon 483-777, Korea.
authors: Yun Jung
authors: YJ
authors: Bae
keywords: Cancer; Oral nutritional supplement; Sensory assessment