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This will be assessed with an open question;\n* Consumes more than 14 (women) or 21 (men) glasses of alcohol per week;\n* Consumes MSG-rich sauces (soy sauce, ketjap and\u002For curry paste) more than once per day, or consumes more than 3 savoury food items (paprika chips, instant noodles, sundried tomatoes and\u002For pre-packaged seasonings) per day. This will be assessed with a frequency of consumption table;\n* Irregular eating pattern. This will be measured with a frequency of meal\u002Ffood consumption table, and is defined as: frequency of breakfast consumption less than once per week;\n* Unwilling to maintain regular exercise pattern during the study period. This will be assessed with a yes\u002Fno question;\n* Unwilling to quit use of soft or hard drugs during the intervention;\n* Student or personnel of the division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University;\n* Participating in any other intervention study\u002Fstudies or planning to participate in another intervention study during the study period.",true,"ALL","18 Years","65 Years",{"count":22,"type":23},30,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[26],"NA","People tend to regulate intake by the weight of food rather than its energy content, making energy dense foods, especially those combining salty, fatty, and umami tastes, more likely to promote passive overconsumption. Lowering energy density can reduce daily energy intake, but often decreases palatability, whereas umami can enhance palatability, and sometimes decrease food intake. This suggests that adding umami to a regular energy dense diet could reduce food intake over time, and that adding umami to a reduced energy dense diet could sustain palatability and limit compensatory energy intake. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the effect of a 2-week dietary intervention of adding umami and\u002For lowering energy density on food intake. Secondary objectives are whether adding umami and\u002For lowering energy density affect dietary satisfaction, appetite, perceived umami intensity, food preferences, bodyweight and composition, and wellbeing ratings.\n\nThis will assessed in a double-blind crossover, randomized controlled trial of three times two weeks, each separated by two weeks washout in 33 healthy Dutch adults between 18-65 years of age, with a BMI between 20-30. Umami taste will be added through MSG supplementation of the three main meals. Supplementation will depend on both intervention group, and individual participants' body weight. Energy density will be lowered by swapping regular products for low-fat, low-sugar or higher water products.\n\nThe three intervention diets will vary in umami taste intensity, and\u002For energy density: 1) regular energy density without added umami (control), 2) regular energy density with added umami, 3) reduced energy density with added umami. Umami will be supplemented by supplementing food items with 55-60 mg MSG per kg bodyweight daily, divided over three eating occasions. Foods will be offered ad libitum, and participants will add a seasoning sachet containing MSG to their selected portion.\n\nThe primary objective will be to compare average daily food intake (kcal) over two weeks between the three dietary interventions differing in umami taste intensity and energy density. Secondary outcomes are dietary satisfaction, appetite, perceived umami intensity, food preferences, bodyweight and composition, and wellbeing ratings.",[29,30,31,32],"Sensory Testing","Umami Taste","Energy Density","Food Intake Measurement",[34,35,36,37,38,39],"umami","taste","intensity","ad libitum","intake","reduced energy","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-05-22",{"date":43,"type":44},"2026-05-27","ACTUAL",{"date":46,"type":23},"2026-09",{"date":48,"type":23},"2026-12",{"name":50,"class":51},"Wageningen University","OTHER"]