SO-PLS as an alternative approach for handling multi-dimensionality in modelling different aspects of consumer expectations

•Sensory and consumer data are collected in blocks responding to liking and satiation expectations.•Path modelling has been used to model structural (casual) relationship between data sets.•SO-PLS path modelling has been proposed to handle the multi-dimensionality without preprocessing steps.•Liking was the essential predictor of portion size.•Expected satiation mainly predicted expected satiety.