This Second Edition of Sensory Evaluation Practices provides the background and understanding necessary to make informed decisions about managing a sensory evaluation program, designing tests, and interpreting and reporting results. The authors have been in the sensory management consulting business for more than 20 years and bring their expertise to the enthusiastic and comprehensive revision of this invaluable book. Sensory evaluation of a product is the measurement of what is perceived about that product—not only in terms of its efficacy, but also by the more subtle influences of sight, smell, taste, touch, and where applicable, sound. A key benefit from this exciting and quantitative science is cost reduction in product reformulation due to the ability to evaluate a product's consumer acceptance in the marketplace.

Reveals changes in the field, particularly in the business view of sensory evaluation as a product information source
Clarifies the relationships between product specialists/experts and sensory panels, between sensory and market research, and between study of perception and sensory evaluation of products
Includes discussion of test requests and their "hidden agenda" product selection, and the relative merits of testing products from different (laboratory, pilot plant, production) sources
Introduces two new methods of quantitative descriptive analysis and an investigation of the merits of product specific versus global panels
Discusses affective testing and the advantages of various methods including testing with children, the interaction between sensory and market research, the use of employees versus non-employees, and the effect of the number of judgments on product decisions

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Information

Publisher

Academic Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9780323139762

Edition

Topic

Technology & Engineering

Subtopic

Food Science

Index

Technology & Engineering

Front Cover
SENSORY EVALUATION PRACTICES, SECOND EDITION
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO SENSORY EVALUATION
CHAPTER 2. THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF A SENSORY EVALUATION PROGRAM
CHAPTER 3. MEASUREMENT
CHAPTER 4. TEST STRATEGY AND THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
CHAPTER 5. DISCRIMINATION TESTING
CHAPTER 6. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 7. AFFECTIVE TESTING
CHAPTER 8. SPECIAL PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 9. EPILOGUE
References
Index
Previous Volumes in the Series