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Sensory analysis, the different methods and how it is used
Amar Aouzelleg
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Content 1. Sensory evaluation – a scientific
discipline 2. Human senses in action 3. The sensory panel – recruitment and
screening 4. Control of sensory facilities, samples and
panels 5. Sensory tests and their uses
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1. Sensory Evaluation
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Definition Sensory evaluation is a ‘scientific discipline used to evoke, measure, analyse and interpret reactions to those characteristics of foods and other materials as they are perceived by the senses of sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing’.
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Use of human subjects in sensory evaluation
• People are consumers (can be used in subjective consumer tests)
• They give rapid response that is easy to interpret
• They provide qualitative and quantitative information
• They can be trained (for objective product orientated tests) and used as analytical instruments
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2. Human Senses in Action
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The main sensory perceptions • Appearance
– colour, shape, size, surface texture, brightness
• Odour – smell, aroma
• Taste – the basic tastes
• Flavour – taste, aroma and trigeminal response
• Texture – body, mouth feel, hardness/softness…
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Flavour
The combination of taste, aroma and trigeminal response
is often described as ‘flavour’.
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Trigeminal response • caused by irritating chemicals e.g. CO2 in fizzy
drinks • can be either hot, burning, cooling, tingling/pain
or astringent sensations • occurs in mucus membranes of eyes, nose and
mouth • other examples of irritating chemicals: e.g. in
chilli pepper
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3. The Sensory Panel
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Recruitment considerations • types of tests to be conducted • the number of sessions per day / week • the number of panel needed • internal or external assessors
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Assessor screening criterion 1
• no sensory impairments
• ‘normal’ sensory acuity
• suitable personality traits
• willingness to assess ‘unusual’ products
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Assessor screening criterion 2
• personal habits – be prepared not to smoke, use odorous cosmetics/soap, eat strong foods before tests
• good general health (no allergies/food intolerances)
• no availability/long-term commitment issues
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Panel training • increase knowledge of product and test
method
• nature/amount of training relevant to type of test or product under investigation
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4. Control of Sensory Facilities, Samples and Panel
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Reasons for controlling facilities and procedures
• to minimise sources of bias • to reduce variability of response between
assessors • to promote a professional approach to
sensory evaluation within the organisation and to the assessors
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Design of sensory facilities • controlled lighting/colour; adequate illumination • controlled air circulation, odour extraction • controlled temperature • quiet, undisturbed area • adequate cooking / sample preparation area • odour-free easy-clean materials and implements • booths for separation of assessors • computers or paper data capture
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Panel booths with separate sections for each assessor
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Sample presentation • standard/controlled procedures e.g. cooking
regimes, serving temperature • consistent portion size, representative of the
sample to each assessor • sample coding – commonly 3 digit random codes • balanced, random order of presentation
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A sample tray set-up for presentation to an assessor
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5. Sensory Tests and their Uses
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Types of sensory tests
Discrimination Descriptive
Affective (preference / acceptance)
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Discrimination / difference tests
Scope: “Does a sensory difference exist between my
samples?”
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Overall difference tests
Can be used to identify detectable difference between samples being compared in the same session
The most common method is Triangle Test
830 198 224
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Applications of difference tests • Screening and training assessors • Assessing the effect of changes in raw material,
process and / or packaging on finished product quality
• Investigating the presence of off-flavours and taints
• Determining changes in product quality over shelf life
• Verifying changes to formulations during product development
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Descriptive tests (descriptive profiling methods)
Scope: “What is the nature of the differences
between my samples?”
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Descriptive tests • The perceived levels (intensities) of each of the
described attributes are measured (quantitative aspect)
• Methods of descriptive analysis can only be used by a highly trained (expert) panel, usually consisting of a minimum of 6 – 8 assessors
• The result is usually a sensory profile or fingerprint of each product.
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Presentation of results soft
smooth
sweet
lemon gummy
tart
aftertaste
sorbet 1
sorbet 2
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Applications of descriptive profiling
• Defining the sensory properties of a target product for new product development
• Defining the characteristics (specification) of a control or standard, for QA/QC and R&D purposes
• Monitoring changes in sensory properties of a product during shelf life
• Describing product attributes prior to consumer testing
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Affective (acceptance and preference) tests
Scope: “What sample is most acceptable or most
preferred?”
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Affective tests • Affective testing is useful for preliminary
investigations prior to consumer research i.e. consumer-orientated testing
• The tests require the use of untrained assessors; at least 50 – 100 are recommended
• Separate sensory panels should be established for affective testing
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Preference tests Ranking used for assessing order of preference Q. Rank the drink samples in order of
preference from least to most preferred
least … most …
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Acceptance (liking) tests 9 Point Hedonic Scale used for assessing degree of liking: 9 like extremely 8 like very much 7 like moderately 6 like slightly 5 neither like or dislike 4 dislike slightly 3 dislike moderately 2 dislike very much 1 dislike extremely
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Sensory evaluation a summary
• a scientific discipline
• basic requirements
• benefits and applications