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At-home product test · Decision brief

Too close

The finding

Keel Lemon Water is still too close to call.

58%chosen after use

Buy at price could land on either side of the bar once uncertainty is considered.

Do not make the decision from the point estimate alone. The interval—not the most flattering number—is the honest result.

See the proof

What this supports

  • That the preference interval still crosses an even split — more sample would tighten the call.
  • Taste as the leading cited reason when the product won.
  • Stated definite buy-again intent after Session 1 (47%).

What this does not support

  • A launch recommendation, sales forecast, or share-of-shelf prediction.
  • That it dominates every competitor — Northveil Lemon remains the soft comparison.
  • That changing one cited reason would causally move preference.
IHUT · Final read64 participantsSnapshot Sep 18, 2026
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What happened?Prespecified bars · frozen

Keel Lemon Water is still too close to call.

Each call below comes from the frozen server verdict. A favorable percentage is not relabeled as a pass when its interval or pre-set bar says otherwise.

TasteCleared
64%
Reported interval 56%–72% · 64 answers

Taste cleared the 55% bar at 64%.

0%Bar 55.00000000000001%100%
LikingCleared
72%
Reported interval 61%–81% · 64 answers

Liking cleared the 60% bar at 72%.

0%Bar 60%100%
Buy at priceToo close
61%
Reported interval 49%–72% · 64 answers

Buy at price is too close to call at 61%.

0%Bar 55.00000000000001%100%
What would change the call

Do not make the decision from the point estimate alone. The interval—not the most flattering number—is the honest result.

Evidence pack

9 measure sections · frozen payload
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Evidence · Shelf → taste3 products in field

Keel Lemon Water gained ground after people tried it.

It moved from #2 on shelf promise to #1 after tasting.

Before tasting

Shelf promise

  1. 1Northveil Lemon0.72
  2. 2Keel Lemon WaterYours0.61
  3. 3Rivermark Citrus Still0.48

After tasting

Delivered experience

  1. 1Keel Lemon WaterYours0.78
  2. 2Rivermark Citrus Still0.59
  3. 3Northveil Lemon0.43

Movement by product

Rank change from shelf promise to tasted experience for Keel Lemon Water and the field.

ProductShelfTasteMovement
Northveil Lemon#1#3↓ 2 rank
Keel Lemon WaterYours#2#1↑ 1 rank
Rivermark Citrus Still#3#2↑ 1 rank

Shelf promise is compared with the tasted experience in the same field.

03
Evidence · Liking3 products

72% top-two liking for your product.

Top-two-box liking for every product in the freeze. Compare the field — do not average unlike seats.

ProductTop-two likingDistributionn
Keel Lemon WaterYours72%
64
Rivermark Citrus Still64%
64
Northveil Lemon58%
64
04
Evidence · Attributes4 attributes

Sweetness: 64% just right for Keel Lemon Water.

Every attribute in the freeze, for every product with ratings. Directional — not proof that changing one attribute will move the verdict.

Lemon intensity

3 products · too little / just right / too much
Keel Lemon WaterYours
73% JAR
Rivermark Citrus Still
58% JAR
Northveil Lemon
51% JAR
Too littleJust rightToo much

Sweetness

3 products · too little / just right / too much
Rivermark Citrus Still
71% JAR
Keel Lemon WaterYours
64% JAR
Northveil Lemon
55% JAR
Too littleJust rightToo much

Aftertaste

3 products · too little / just right / too much
Keel Lemon WaterYours
78% JAR
Rivermark Citrus Still
66% JAR
Northveil Lemon
49% JAR
Too littleJust rightToo much

Carbonation

3 products · too little / just right / too much
Keel Lemon WaterYours
69% JAR
Rivermark Citrus Still
62% JAR
Northveil Lemon
57% JAR
Too littleJust rightToo much
05
Evidence · Why9 themes

“Bright, natural lemon flavor” led the coded taste reasons (27 mentions).

Full coded bank of taste-choice reasons — counts and share of mentions. Themes explain preference; they do not prove causality.

01

Bright, natural lemon flavor

27 · 27.3% of mentions
02

Clean finish

19 · 19.2% of mentions
03

Not too sweet

13 · 13.1% of mentions
04

Refreshing without being sharp

11 · 11.1% of mentions
05

Tastes like real lemon, not candy

9 · 9.1% of mentions
06

Light enough to drink every day

8 · 8.1% of mentions
07

Refreshing carbonation

5 · 5.1% of mentions
08

No artificial aftertaste

4 · 4% of mentions
09

Balanced acidity

3 · 3% of mentions
06
Evidence · Buy order3 products

52% ranked your product first after tasting.

Share ranked first after tasting, plus average rank where available. Preference order is not buy-at-price intent.

ProductRanked firstDistributionn
Keel Lemon WaterYours52%
64
Rivermark Citrus Still30%
64
Northveil Lemon18%
64

Average rank

Lower is better · after tasting

ProductAvg rankn
Keel Lemon WaterYours1.6464
Rivermark Citrus Still2.0564
Northveil Lemon2.3164
07
Evidence · Expectation3 products

69% liked it and expected it to be good.

Share who both liked the product and said their expectation was met. Gaps here flag promise–delivery risk.

ProductLiked + expected goodDistributionn
Keel Lemon WaterYours69%
64
Rivermark Citrus Still55%
64
Northveil Lemon41%
64
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Evidence · PriceTested-offer intent · not demand

61% said Yes at $3.49

Stated willingness to buy at each product's frozen shelf price after tasting. Not demand, elasticity, conversion, or an optimal price.

evidencereportable

61% said Yes at $3.49

Day 1 tested-offer intent for Keel Lemon Water. Full Yes/Maybe/No distribution is shown below. This is stated intent at one frozen shelf price — not demand or conversion.

Source · price_intent.day1 · n=64 · 49%–72%

evidencereportable

55% said Yes on Day 2 at $3.49

Same tested shelf price after living with the product. Day movement is paired only when both answers exist.

Source · price_intent.day2 · n=44 · 40%–69%

evidencereportable

10% improved · 72% held · 18% worsened

Among 40 respondents who answered the price question on both days for Keel Lemon Water.

Source · price_intent.day1_to_day2 · n=40

interpretationreportable

21% of first-ranked picks said No at the tested price

Observational gap between stated buy-order preference and tested-offer intent. Not a causal price effect.

Source · price_intent.value_leakage · n=33

interpretationreportable

Buy-at-price bar too close to call

Pre-set bar 55% judged against the Day 1 Yes interval. Decision floor is 30 answers.

Source · verdict.buy_at_price · n=64 · 49%–72%

Your product

Keel Lemon Water

$3.49

Frozen shelf price shown to respondents. One price per seat — not a price ladder.

Field product

Rivermark Citrus Still

$2.99

Frozen shelf price shown to respondents. One price per seat — not a price ladder.

Field product

Northveil Lemon

$3.29

Frozen shelf price shown to respondents. One price per seat — not a price ladder.

Day 1 · Keel Lemon Water at $3.4961% Yes · n=64
Yes 61% Maybe 22% No 17%Yes interval 49%–72%
Day 1 · Rivermark Citrus Still at $2.9966% Yes · n=64
Yes 66% Maybe 20% No 14%Yes interval 54%–76%
Day 1 · Northveil Lemon at $3.2963% Yes · n=64
Yes 63% Maybe 21% No 16%Yes interval 51%–74%
Day 2 · Keel Lemon Water at $3.4955% Yes · n=44
Yes 55% Maybe 25% No 20%Yes interval 40%–69%

Day 1 → Day 2 · paired n=40

Paired price-intent transitions for Keel Lemon Water
Day 1 \ Day 2yesmaybeno
yes1842
maybe372
no112

Improved 10% · Held 72% · Worsened 18%. Same tested shelf price both days.

Value leakage

21% of respondents who ranked Keel Lemon Water first after tasting also said No at $3.49 (n first=33; n first+No=7). Observational gap — not a causal price effect.

09
Evidence · Day 2Follow-up evidence

68% kept the same favorite on Day 2.

Follow-up hold, consumption, and wear. Observational — not causal proof that Day 1 drove Day 2.

68%

Same Day 1 favorite · n=44

3

Consumption response buckets

3

Wear / familiarity buckets

Consumption

How much was used

Finished it25 responses
More than half13 responses
Half or less6 responses

Wear

How the experience held

Felt the same24 responses
Grew on me14 responses
Wore off6 responses
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Method · TrustTransparent by design

What this report can—and cannot—say.

These rules protect the decision from flattering reinterpretation. Price claims remain tested-offer intent, never demand.

Server verdict

The overall result and metric calls are rendered from the frozen report payload. This page does not recompute or upgrade them.

Success bars

Bars are the thresholds set before the read. Missing bars are labeled “No bar set,” never backfilled after seeing results.

Price decision floor

Under 10 answers: counts only. 10–29: descriptive small-base evidence. A pass/fail price verdict requires at least 30 answers.

Evidence pack

Measure sections page every frozen share, rank, attribute, and coded reason. Empty measures stay visible as gaps — they are not filled with estimates.

Scope

Findings describe this product, tested shelf price, comparison field, and sample. They are not a launch recommendation, elasticity curve, or sales forecast.

Keel Lemon Water · Final read · Sep 18, 2026Dough · Decision evidence, plainly told