Eighteen trained judges (9 women and 9 men) participated in
thefinal evaluation. They were between 15 and 25 years old, were
attending high school, and consumed apple juice occasionally or
frequently,i.e, a few times a month to a few times a day. The majority (>75%) habitually consumed probiotic (fermented milks and
yogurts),fibre, and low-sugar products.
The descriptive analysis of the formulations by the trained
panellists was carried out using an incomplete randomised block
design, wheret (number of treatments) ¼7;k(number of treatments per session)¼3;r(number of repetitions)¼3;b(number of
sessions) ¼7;ʎ(number of times that 2 treatments appeared
together in the same block) ¼1;E¼0.78, Type V. Each panellist
evaluated, in a monadic form, three formulations each session. The
sessions were held on two consecutive days (4 sessions on thefirst
day and 3 sessions on the second day of stored juices), with an
interval of at least 1 h between each session. The formulations were
presented at 4
C in 50 mL plastic cups coded with random 3-digit,
under white light.