The results for mouth coating indicated that a lower rating for mouth coating was generally associated with the two samples with lower fat contents (Table 3). This is similar to the results seen for viscosity and smoothness. A similar increase in mouth coating with increased fat content has been reported previously by Stampanoni Koeferli et al. (1996). However, it should be noted that panellists expressed difficulty in assessing mouth coating in the reduced fat samples in the current study. It is possible that the nature of the mouth coating in reduced fat ice creams is different than in regular fat ice cream.
For the modified starches used by Specter and Setser (1994), no significant differences were reported between the mouth coating properties of the regular fat ice cream and their less than regular fat ice creams which contained 8, 4 and 0% milk fat. Overall, it is clear that the intensity of mouth coating can be affected by the source of modified starch used for fat replacement. Also, the type of mouth coating between regular fat and reduced fat ice cream is likely to be different.