Inclusion Criteria:  healthy, non-smoking females aged between 18-65 years with a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2.  had no known food allergies to the study foods, had no eating disorders, were not following a special diet (e.g. vegetarian, halal), were not taking any medication or supplements known to affect appetite or weight within the month prior to and/or during the study, were not pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding, had not significantly changed their physical activity in the 2-4 weeks prior to the study or who did not intend on changing them during the study, were not receiving systemic or local treatment likely to interfere with the evaluation of the study parameters,  Exclusion Criteria:  females aged below 18 and above 65 years BMI less than 25 kg/m2.  smokers  had food allergies to the study foods, had eating disorders, were following a special diet (e.g. vegetarian, halal), were taking any medication or supplements known to affect appetite or weight within the month prior to and/or during the study, were pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding, had significantly changed their physical activity in the 2-4 weeks prior to the study or who did not intend on changing them during the study, were receiving systemic or local treatment likely to interfere with the evaluation of the study parameters, had a gastric band/had undergone gastric bypass treatment and/or females who worked in appetite or feeding related areas.