NCT06691958

Impact of Chip Thickness and Size on Eating Responses

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 178 (actual)
• Sponsor: PepsiCo Global R&D · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To analyze prototypes developed with the base and seasonings of products that exhibit variations in chip thickness and size. The information obtained from this analysis will serve as the basis for subsequent research to explore different prototype options with increased satiation properties.

Detailed description

There are two study components, a sensory study and an ad libitum study. Eighty-eight participants will test tortilla chips and eighty-eight will test extruded chips in the sensory study. On a first-come first-served basis, forty-four of the eighty-eight chip participants from the sensory testing phase will test tortilla chips, and forty-four of the eighty-eight extruded chip participants will test extruded chips in the ad libitum study.

Conditions

• Consumer Behavior
• Consumer Preference
• Consumer Satisfaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Tortilla corn chips 4-5 pieces, eat one piece at time	Snack
OTHER	Tortilla corn chips 90 grams	Snack
OTHER	Extruded corn chips 90 grams	Snack
OTHER	Extruded corn chips 4-5 pieces, eat one piece at time	Snack

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-07
• Primary completion: 2025-02-14
• Completion: 2025-02-14
• First posted: 2024-11-18
• Last updated: 2025-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom