2. Material and methods
2.1. Subjects
French subjects were recruited through mail or circular advertisements.
They had to report their level of frequency of their global
biscuit consumption on a five-point scale, from ‘‘Never’’ to
‘‘More than three times a week’’. Eighty-six consumers of biscuits
were recruited, who consumed biscuits at least once a week.
Finally, seventy-nine subjects took part in the whole study (92%
of the initial panel), so we only kept the results for these subjects
(64 women and 15 men). Exclusion criteria for participation
included those with food allergies and individuals dieting to lose