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Sensory Analysis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is sensory analysis? | A scientific discipline used to measure, analyse and reactions to the characteristics of food, perceived by our senses |
| What is organoleptic properties? | Are the sensory properties of food that are detected by he sense organs. |
| Why is sensory analysis used in the food industry? | New products, Modifications, Own brand, Quality assurance |
| What are the conditions necessary for sensory analysis testing? | Location, Lighting, Ventilation, Silence, Timing, Test organisers, Special dietary conditions, Hygiene and food safety, Containers, Food Samples etc |
| What are the categories of sensory analysis? | Preference tests, Difference tests Descriptive tests |
| What are types of preference tests? | Paired preference tests, Hedonic Rating tests, Preference ranking tests |
| What are types of Diiference tests? | Simple paired tests, Paired comparison tests, Trangle tests |
| What are types of Descriptive tests? | Descriptive ranking tests, Descriptive rating tests |
| What is a paired preference test? | 2 different samples of a food product are given , tester is asked which they prefer. |
| What is a Hedonic rating test? | 1 or more samples of a food product are given, tester tastes the sample and ranks it on how much they like or dislike it |
| What is a preference ranking test? | 2 or more samples of a food product are given tester tastes the samples and rank their preference by placing 1st choice beside the sample etc |
| What is simple paired test? | 2 samples of a food product are given, tester is asked are they the same or different |
| What is a paired comparison test? | 2 different samples of food product are given tester is asked to state the difference between them |
| What is a triangle test? | 3 samples are given 2 of the 3 are identical and tester is asked to which one is the different one |
| What is a descriptive ranking test? | 2 or more samples of a food product is given, tester is asked to rank by preference |
| What is descriptive rating test? | 1 sample product is given tester is asked to rate the sample for pre selected attributes in order to create a sensory profile of the food |
| What are the types of ways of presenting data? | Pie chart, Bar chart, Star diagram |