Introduction to sensory evaluation of food products /

Kumar, Shiv

Introduction to sensory evaluation of food products / by Shiv Kumar and Noopur Gautam - Burlington, Canada : Delve Publishing, 2023 - 1 online resource (275, pages) : color illustrations.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Customers’ Decision Making in the Food Industry

Chapter 2. How Quality Affects Acceptance and Consumption of Food Products

Chapter 3. Challenges in Ensuring Consumer Acceptability and Market Success of Products

Chapter 4. The Human Senses

Chapter 5. Olfaction

Chapter 6. Importance of Sensory Evaluation in Food

Chapter 7. Types of Sensory Evaluation of Food

Chapter 8. How Do Off-Flavors Occur?

Chapter 9. Who Carries Out Sensory Testing?

Chapter 10. Sample Preparation for Sensory Evaluation

Food sensory testing includes the application of human senses in the scientific assessment of food products. Qualities like texture, odor, scent, and taste are examined by trained testers to evaluate product quality or obtain opportunities for development. The test people of a board should satisfy certain prerequisites as food testers: availability, neutral conduct towards the tested product, scientific language competence, no sensitivities or intolerances to test foods, and healthy senses. This volume presents off-flavor as an unwanted taste, smell, or mouthfeel. This can emerge during storage or handling and frequently causes a decline in the sensory nature of food or drink. Off-flavor happens when dangerous compounds pollute a food because of chemical alterations or adulteration during storage or production or through the development of microbes in a product. For effective sensory testing, sample choosing, preparation, balance, coding, and presentation are crucial to offering an objective assessment. The differences between samples should be negligible
for example, all testers must obtain similar samples for appraisal.

9781774696262 (e-book)


Neurosciences
Nutrition foods and food supply

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