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Published on: August 17, 2018
Dataset of verbal evaluation of umami taste in Europe
Emilia Iannilli1, Antti Knaapila2,3, Maria Paola Cecchini4
1Interdisciplinary Center "Smell & Taste", Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
The data presented here includes verbal descriptors used by Finnish, German and Italian subjects to express the quality of an umami taste solution offered in a blind fashion. The dataset refers to the research article "A cross-cultural survey of Umami Familiarity in European Countries" [1]. Data shows that a total of 106 different classes of words, including synonyms, were used by the Finnish group, 64 different classes of words, including synonyms, were used by the German group, and a total of 70 different classes of words, including synonyms, were used by the Italian group. The descriptors are reported in Excel tables and visualized in a bar graph where the length of the bars indicates the number of given answers for each class.
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