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How boar taint compounds are perceived by consumers

Androstenone and skatole are perceived differently.

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Do you know how androstenone smells to most people who can perceive it? Choose all the smells you think would be associated with androstenone. (You can choose more than one answer.)

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a) Correct well done. Consumer responses vary widely but urine odour is a common description. a) Sorry that's not correctb) Correct well done.b) Sorry that's not correct. Pig sty/stable odour is not commonly used as a description.c) Correct well done. Consumer responses vary widely but sweat odour is a common description.c) Sorry that's not correctd) Correct well done. d) Sorry that's not correct. Metallic odour is not commonly used as a description.e) Correct well done. However, only a low percentage of people perceive androstenone as sweet odour. e) Sorry that's not correct
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Do you know how skatole smells to most people who can perceive it? Choose all the smells you think would be associated with skatole. (You can choose more than one answer.)

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a) Yes that's correct. Naphtalene odour is used as a description of skatolea) Sorry that's not correct. Naphtalene odour is used as a description of skatoleb) Correct well done. Consumer responses vary widely but pig sty/stable odour is a common description for skatole.b) Sorry that's not correctc) Correct well done. c) Sorry that's not correct. Chocolate odour is not commonly used as a description for skatole.d) Correct well done. Consumer responses vary widely but a "pig" odour is a common description for skatole.d) Sorry that's not correcte) Correct well done. Correct well done. Consumer responses vary widely but a manure odour is a common description for skatole.e) Sorry that's not correctf) Correct well done. f) Sorry that's not correct. Sweet odour is not commonly used as a description for skatole.
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