Quality & Sensory
A discriminative sensory test in which a panellist receives three samples, two identical, and identifies the odd one.
The blind taste test food companies run to check if consumers can actually tell the difference when a recipe or ingredient changes, like a sugar or salt reduction.
The measurement of food attributes through the human senses under controlled conditions. Discriminative tests detect difference, descriptive tests characterise it, affective tests measure liking.
An affective sensory scale measuring degree of liking, most commonly the 9-point scale from dislike extremely to like extremely.
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