A dataset on concurrent and retrospective methods for measuring sensory perception and preferences of lemon-flavoured carbonated alcoholic drinks.

This dataset provides temporal sensory descriptions and preferences for 4 lemon-flavoured carbonated alcoholic drinks. The recruited Japanese consumers (97 men, 96 women) corresponded to the target for this kind of drink: aged between 20 and 40 and regular consumers of flavoured alcoholic drinks. They had to consume a whole can of each drink at home, each on a different day. For sips 1, 4 and 7, they had to check from a check-all-that-apply (CATA) list of 8 attributes (alcohol, bitter, carbonated, lemon, refreshing, sour, sweet aroma and sweet taste) that were applicable during 3 periods of perception – “mouthing”, “swallowing” and “aftertaste”. They were separated into 2 panels: the consumers in panel SIM (96 consumers) had to do the task simultaneously with the tasting, while the consumers in panel RET (97 consumers) had to do it retrospectively. They also had to rate their liking and report the number of crackers they consumed during the tasting. Once the can had been fully consumed, they had to score their satisfaction level and optionally report comments about the products and the task. The data were used to compare retrospective and concurrent temporal evaluations in a methodologically oriented article entitled “Concurrent vs. retrospective temporal sensory data collection: A case study on lemon-flavoured carbonated alcoholic drinks.” The data could also be reused by researchers interested in understanding interactions between alcohol, carbonation, sour, sweet and bitter or to relate temporal perception and preferences for improving product formulation.本数据集收录了4款柠檬味含气酒精饮品的时序感官描述与偏好数据。本次招募的日本消费者共计193名，其中男性97名、女性96名，均符合该类饮品的目标受众画像：年龄介于20至40岁之间，且为风味酒精饮品的常规饮用者。受试者需在不同日期于家中饮用每款饮品的一整罐。针对第1、4、7口品鉴环节，受试者需从包含8项属性（酒精味、苦味、气泡感、柠檬风味、清爽感、酸味、甜香气及甜味）的全选式（CATA，Check-All-That-Apply）问卷列表中，勾选对应于“入口时”“吞咽时”与“余味阶段”三个感知时段的适用属性。受试者被分为两个评价小组：SIM组（96名受试者）需在品鉴的同时完成该项勾选任务，而RET组（97名受试者）则需在品鉴结束后回溯完成该任务。此外，受试者还需对自身的饮品喜好程度进行评分，并报告品鉴过程中食用的饼干数量。待整罐饮品饮用完毕后，受试者需对整体满意度进行评分，同时可选择性补充关于受试产品与实验任务的评论。该数据集最初被用于一篇以方法论研究为导向的学术论文，该论文标题为《同步与回顾性时序感官数据收集：以柠檬味含气酒精饮品为例》，用于对比同步性与回顾性时序感官数据收集方法的差异。此外，该数据集也可供有需求的研究人员复用：既可用于探究酒精、含气成分、酸味、甜味与苦味等风味因子间的交互作用，也可用于关联时序感知与消费者偏好，以助力产品配方优化。