Mundassery, Athira
Ramaswamy, Jancirani https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0393-8902
Balachandran, Meera
Kathirvel, Sivasabari
Nedungadi, Prema
Krishnaswamy, Kiruba https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-0311
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Article History
Received: 24 February 2025
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Declarations
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: Dr Jancirani Ramaswamy reports financial support was provided by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University [ASG2022201]. Other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: The sensory evaluation involving human participants was conducted in accordance with relevant institutional guidelines and regulations for research involving human subjects. The experimental protocol was reviewed and approved by the institutional ethics committee, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, under approval number AMRITA/SOE/ADMN/DOA/12/2025/001. A volunteer consent was collected from all participants before participation.