Discrimination and Preference by Women Students for Commercial Bottled Drinking Water (2)

Abstract

A questionnaire survey was conducted to evaluate the difference in liking for commercial bottled drinking water (CBDW) by different graders of a women's university. The third and fourth graders recognized the difference between water with a low mineral content and water with a high mineral content more easily than the first and second graders (P<0.01). There was no difference in the intake frequency of CBDW among the different grader. Exercise and taking a bath both resulted in a higher frequency of drinking CBDW (P<0.001). The result of a sensory evaluation show that domestic CBDW was more favored than imported CBDW and tap water (P<0.05). The third and fourth graders could distinguish the taste quality of domestic CBDW more easily than the first and second graders (P<0.05). Green tea extracted with domestic CBDW was more favored (P<0.05) than that extracted with other types of water, the third and fourth graders having greater ability than the first graders (P<0.05) to distinguish the green tea.