Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago 7830490, Chile.
Nutrients. 2022 Mar 30;14(7):1447. doi: 10.3390/nu14071447.
Sugars and other sweeteners contribute to the sweet taste of foods; exposure to this taste could alter appetite regulation and preferences for sweet products. Despite this, there is no widely accepted methodology for estimating overall diet sweetness. The objective of this study was to develop a methodology to estimate diet sweetness and describe diet sweetness in a cohort of Chilean infants. In order to estimate diet sweetness density, the sweetness intensity of foods was obtained from existing databases and from sensory evaluations in products with no available information and then linked to 24-h dietary recalls of infants at 12 and 36 months of age. Diet sweetness density was significantly and positively associated with total sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners intakes. The main food sources of sweetness at 12 months were fruits (27%) and beverages (19%). Sweetness density increased 40% between 12 and 36 months (from 1196 to 1673, p < 0.01), and sweetness density at both ages was significantly associated. At 36 months, beverages and dairy products were the main sources of sweetness (representing 32.2% and 28.6%, respectively). The methodology presented here to estimate the sweetness density of the diet could be useful for other studies to help elucidate different effects of exposure to high sweetness.
糖和其他甜味剂为食物增添甜味；这种味道的摄入可能会改变食欲调节和对甜味产品的偏好。尽管如此，目前还没有广泛认可的方法来估计饮食的总体甜度。本研究的目的是开发一种估计饮食甜度的方法，并描述智利婴儿队列的饮食甜度。为了估计饮食甜度密度，从现有数据库和没有可用信息的产品的感官评估中获得食物的甜度强度，然后将其与 12 个月和 36 个月大的婴儿的 24 小时膳食回忆联系起来。饮食甜度密度与总糖和非营养性甜味剂的摄入量呈显著正相关。12 个月时甜味的主要食物来源是水果（27%）和饮料（19%）。12 个月至 36 个月期间，甜度密度增加了 40%（从 1196 增加到 1673，p<0.01），且两个年龄段的甜度密度均有显著相关性。在 36 个月时，饮料和乳制品是甜味的主要来源（分别占 32.2%和 28.6%）。本研究提出的估计饮食甜度密度的方法可能对其他研究有用，有助于阐明接触高甜度的不同影响。
