*2.2. Participants*

A total of *n* = 62 participants answered the questions for the sensory tasting of the six different yogurt samples. The participants included 47% self-identified Western consumers (29) and 53% Asian consumers (33), 68% females (42) and 32% males (20), with ages ranging from 21 to 58 years. The Western consumers were mainly Australian (14), European (8),

North/South American (3) and Latin (4), and the Asian consumers were mainly Chinese (19), Indian/Sri Lankan/Bangladeshi (7), Korean (2), Filipino (1), Persian (1), Vietnamese (2) and Malaysian (1). All participants were students or staff members at the University of Melbourne.
