Pantović Ana, Djekić Ilija, Petrović Tanja, Tomić Nikola
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia.
Foods. 2025 Sep 9;14(18):3151. doi: 10.3390/foods14183151.
The high environmental impact caused by the accumulation of single-use plastic calls for measures to curb this problem, from a ban on single-use plastic tableware to the production of a wide range of biodegradable and reusable products. The aim of this study was to investigate how tableware made of different materials affects consumers' sensory perception and emotional and hedonic responses when eating the same meal. In this study, four types of meals of animal or plant origin were selected for the experiments, which were served warm or cold. Accordingly, four groups of university students were instructed to taste the corresponding meal while using three sets of tableware made of different materials: polypropylene, wood/cardboard, and a stainless steel/ceramic/glass control set (regular set). Overall, the results suggest that the use of regular tableware elicited a positive emotional profile, while the use of disposable, wooden, and plastic tableware elicited negative emotional responses, which is consistent with the acceptability of the meal samples-regular tableware received higher ratings, while both types of disposable tableware received lower ratings. Finally, the material of the tableware only led to changes in odor and flavor perception when warm-served meals were sampled-higher intensities were reported when students used the regular tableware sets. Wooden cutlery imparted an atypical woody flavor to the meals, regardless of the type of meal.
一次性塑料的堆积造成了巨大的环境影响，这就需要采取措施来遏制这一问题，从禁止使用一次性塑料餐具到生产各种可生物降解和可重复使用的产品。本研究的目的是调查不同材料制成的餐具在食用同一餐时如何影响消费者的感官感知、情感和享乐反应。在本研究中，选择了四种动物或植物来源的餐食进行实验，餐食分为热食或冷食。相应地，四组大学生被要求在使用三组不同材料制成的餐具品尝相应餐食时进行实验：聚丙烯、木材/纸板，以及不锈钢/陶瓷/玻璃对照组（常规组）。总体而言，结果表明，使用常规餐具会引发积极的情绪反应，而使用一次性、木制和塑料餐具会引发消极的情绪反应，这与餐食样本的可接受性一致——常规餐具获得了更高的评分，而两种一次性餐具的评分较低。最后，当品尝热食时，餐具材料只会导致气味和风味感知的变化——学生使用常规餐具组时报告的强度更高。木制餐具会给餐食带来一种非典型的木质风味，无论餐食类型如何。
