An introduction to the “Li Spicy Unit” for the pungency degree of spicy foods

TY - JOUR

T1 - An introduction to the “Li Spicy Unit” for the pungency degree of spicy foods

AU - Li, De Jian

AU - Li, Yan Fei

AU - Li, Hong Jun

AU - Zhou, De Cai

AU - Hu, Chong Xia

AU - Gan, Ren You

AU - Corke, Harold

AU - Li, Hua Bin

AU - Zhang, Li

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, © 2020 De-Jian Li, Yan-Fei Li, Hong-Jun Li, De-Cai Zhou, Chong-Xia Hu, Ren-You Gan, Harold Corke, Hua-Bin Li, and Li Zhang. Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

PY - 2020/1/1

Y1 - 2020/1/1

N2 - Spicy foods are very popular in many countries of the world, but there is still a lack of a simple and intuitive unit to characterize the pungency degree of spicy foods. In this study, the pungency degrees of Spicy Hotpot were evaluated by a large-scale consumer testing, and six levels of pungency degree were graded and connected with contents of main capsaicinoids (CMC) in Spicy Hotpot, from which a new unit of pungency degree was established, the “Li Spicy Unit” (LSU), with the equation: LSU = 10.369 ln (CMC) + 65.264. In addition, it was found that LSU was also suitable for evaluating the pungency degree of several other spicy foods. Therefore, LSU can be a good indicator of the pungency degree of diverse spicy foods. The new LSU can provide an easy tool for public education to help consumers pick spicy foods with a suitable pungency degree.

AB - Spicy foods are very popular in many countries of the world, but there is still a lack of a simple and intuitive unit to characterize the pungency degree of spicy foods. In this study, the pungency degrees of Spicy Hotpot were evaluated by a large-scale consumer testing, and six levels of pungency degree were graded and connected with contents of main capsaicinoids (CMC) in Spicy Hotpot, from which a new unit of pungency degree was established, the “Li Spicy Unit” (LSU), with the equation: LSU = 10.369 ln (CMC) + 65.264. In addition, it was found that LSU was also suitable for evaluating the pungency degree of several other spicy foods. Therefore, LSU can be a good indicator of the pungency degree of diverse spicy foods. The new LSU can provide an easy tool for public education to help consumers pick spicy foods with a suitable pungency degree.

KW - Hotpot

KW - Li Spicy Unit

KW - capsaicinoids

KW - pungency degree

KW - sensory evaluation

KW - spicy foods

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U2 - 10.1080/10942912.2019.1711116

DO - 10.1080/10942912.2019.1711116

M3 - 文章

AN - SCOPUS:85077675026

SN - 1094-2912

VL - 23

SP - 108

EP - 115

JO - International Journal of Food Properties

JF - International Journal of Food Properties

IS - 1

ER -