Table 5.
Sensory evaluation results of the dark chocolates according to sweeteners.

Sensory attribute Ingredient sweetener F-value
Sucrose Maltitol Sorbitol Xylitol
Smell 8.00±1.54a 7.47±1.83ab 6.70±1.74b 7.87±1.60a 2.80
Taste
sour 5.52±1.81b 7.08±1.73a 6.43±1.67ab 7.30±1.61a 5.06
sweet 6.61±1.62a 6.61±2.04a 5.35±1.70b 7.39±2.19a 4.56
bitter 6.57±1.90a 6.96±2.25a 6.48±1.86a 7.65±1.50a 1.83
Hardness 8.43±1.27a 7.87±1.46b 7.95±1.72b 8.43±1.56a 0.93
Overall acceptance 6.35±1.97b 6.22±1.98b 5.87±2.10b 7.52±1.95a 2.96
Like extremely: 9 ↔ Dislike extremely: 1
Values with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different by ANOVA with Duncan's multiple range test at p<0.05.