 As a group we decided to come up with an experiment that would interest not only us but everyone who would browse at our work. After a while of discussing as well as many disagreements we came up with something that we thought was great. We came up with the idea of asking students which iced tea tasted better out of the flavours Peach and Mango Pineapple. This is where we mixed everything up… We poured peach flavour in both empty bottles. We then surveyed students asking them which flavour tasted better being clueless of the trick in place.

 We think that the majority of people will think that the flavours are different, with only a minority figuring out that they are the same. We thought that at least 60% of people would have thought it was the same and 40% would think the other two flavours because we believe that packaging does change a persons opinion.

 Our aim is to determine whether packaging affects a persons opinion and how much it does or doesn’t.

 We poured mango-pineapple out, and poured the peach into the mango pineapple. We then offered people both peach and ‘mango pineapple’ flavours. We then asked them the question shown below. Peach in peach bottle Peach in a mango pineapple bottle Tick which one is better

Rather peach in the peach bottle Rather peach in the mango pineapple botlle They thought it was the same 1795

After the test, when we looked at the results, we were not surprised that many people thought that the ‘Mango Pineapple’ was worse than the peach. We think this is because that peach was the more popular flavour. It is very interesting that the name on a bottle could affect peoples opinions enough that they thought that they were different. This shows that branding or packaging really does effect opinions and that well-known brands have an advantage over lesser-known brands.

 Based on the survey completed, it’s obvious that packaging can change almost everybody’s opinion of a liquid. It is also evident there are many involvements in what students make out of what they’re drinking.  Who’s serving it, its packaging and the popularity of the brand are all aspects that alter opinions of certain drinks.