Are you interested in consumer science and how it is related to product development of ‘light’ beverages with reduced sugar content that can impact consumers’ health status?

Our perception and consumption of fat and sweet beverages depend on the type and content of fat and type and content of sweeteners as well as several other factors, including our sensitivity towards basic taste qualities, and our food intake and eating behaviour.

In this master project, focus will be on sensory interaction of fat and sweeteners in sugar- and fat-reduced beverages and how these interactions affect our perception of these beverages as well as other human factors, such as dietary habits.
 
The master project can comprise of a literature review, a consumer study or product development/production of the beverages depending on the student’s interests.