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Sugar Sweetness and Pleasantness: Evidence for Different Psychological Laws

Howard Moskowitz, Robert A. Kluter, Judith Westerling, Harry L. Jacobs

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Sweetness and the pleasantness of sweetness of sucrose solutions and sweetened food conform to different functions. Sweetness rises with concentration, whereas pleasantness first rises and then decreases. The breakpoint appears to occur at a constant sweetness (that is, constant sensory) level.

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Key concepts: Sweetness, Sugar, Food science, Taste, Constant (computer programming), Chemistry, Psychology, Computer science