Influence of Information (Conventional, Diet and Light) on Acceptance of Raspberry-Flavored Gelatin

Resumo

The influence of label information on acceptance  of raspberry-flavored gelatin (conventional, diet and light) was investigated.The gelatin samples were prepared according to label instructions.Three sessions were held:  blind test, test with labels and test with information, where the samples and their packaging were presented to consumers.  The tests were applied to 60 consumers, to evaluate overall impression using a nine-point hedonic scale. The results were analyzed using ANOVA and the Tukey test (p ≤ 0,05). In the blind test, light raspberry-flavored gelatin was the most accepted and conventional raspberry-flavored gelatin was the most accepted in the test with information, indicating that the labels positively influenced consumer. There was no significant difference in the acceptance of diet raspberry-flavored gelatin, when comparing the results of three sessions.