Clinical Summary

This study reports the results of 3 studies done in healthy female and male participants to test whether SSS generalizes from sweet drinks to sweet foods. Sensory-specific satiety (SSS) describes a reduction in the pleasantness of the taste (momentary liking) and desire to consume a food that occurs with eating, compared with the relative preservation of liking and desire for uneaten foods. The participants were asked to either consume non-carbonated, fruit squash drinks, cola beverage sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) or water.

The study concluded that drinks sweetened with low calorie sweetener reduced the desire for, pleasantness of taste and intake of sweet food when compared with water. This also supports their use in place of sugar-sweetened drinks.