Mahmoud, Marwa Hanafy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2327-0903
Azab, Dina El-Sayed Helmy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-9452
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Centre (12010407, 12010407)
Article History
Received: 29 July 2024
Accepted: 3 February 2025
First Online: 14 February 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of National Research Centre, Medical Research ethics Committee, Dokki, Giza, Egypt, represented by Prof. Dr. Samai Tamtamy, Registration number: 20036 and was performed in accordance with the guidelines of the ethics committee.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study before sensory evaluation.Prior to participating in the sensory evaluation of caramel candy substituted with mango and pomegranate pectin, all panelists were provided with information detailing the purpose, procedures, and potential implications of the study. The entire panelists in this study were adults from 30 to 50 years old (study not include participants under 18 years) and participated purely on a voluntary basis.
: The authors declare no competing interests.