Strategies to improve palatability and increase consumption intentions for Momordica charantia(bitter melon): A vegetable commonly used for diabetes management

Table 3 Hedonic scores for bitter melon-containing food dishes

	Texture	Bitterness	Smell	Overall
Food dishes consumed with rice
Chili	6.6 ± 1.6^a	5.0 ± 2.2^a	6.5 ± 1.7^a	5.5 ± 2.8^a
Curry	5.6 ± 1.7^c	3.3 ± 2.2^c	5.5 ± 2.1^c	3.5 ± 2.1^c
Food dishes consumed with pasta
Tomato Sauce	7.0 ± 1.4^b	5.9 ± 2.0^b	7.2 ± 1.1^b	6.7 ± 1.4^b
Soup	6.2 ± 1.7^a	5.1 ± 2.3^a	6.3 ± 1.8^a	5.4 ± 2.3^a

Values depict scoring Scale: 1 = extremely dislike; 5 = neither like nor dislike; 9 = extremely like and are represented as mean ± SD
^{a, b, c}Means within attributes, followed by the same superscript are not different (p < 0.05)

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