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Article History

Received: 11 March 2026

Accepted: 16 May 2026

First Online: 20 June 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval: The sensory evaluation was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol and sensory methodology were reviewed and approved by the internal review board of the Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, ensuring that the food products evaluated posed no health risk to the participants.

Consent to participate: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Prior to the sensory evaluation, panelists were fully informed about the nature of the products, the ingredients used, and their right to withdraw from the test at any time without consequence.

Competing interests: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.