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Sensory characterisation enabled the first classification of dessert bananas
Author(s) -
Bugaud Christophe,
Deverge Emeline,
Daribo MarieOdette,
Ribeyre Fabienne,
FilsLycaon Bernard,
MbéguiéAMbéguié Didier
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.4270
Subject(s) - sweetness , flavour , food science , titratable acid , sensory system , sensory analysis , quantitative descriptive analysis , aroma , chemistry , biology , taste , neuroscience
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the sensory diversity of a wide range of dessert bananas would be helpful in breeding programmes and so diversify the banana market. Descriptive sensory profiling was thus used to assess 13 cultivated bananas and four new triploid hybrids at an eating stage. RESULTS: A specific vocabulary was defined to describe the sensory traits of dessert bananas. The 17 cultivars assessed were ranked in five sensory clusters, which differed mainly in the intensity of sourness and sweetness. The first cluster, which contained the standard banana (Cavendish), received the lowest sourness and the highest sweetness and banana flavour scores. The second cluster was the sourest and firmest and had the highest chemical flavour score. The third cluster was characterised by the highest melting score, the fourth by the highest mealiness, astringency, grassy odour and flavour scores and the fifth by a balance between sourness and sweetness and the highest heterogeneous texture score. Firmness and sourness were correlated with rheological pulp firmness and titratable acidity respectively. CONCLUSION: The results led to the identification of relevant attributes that grouped the sensory diversity of dessert banana into five clusters. Combined with hedonic data, these results should help breeders to select banana hybrids. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry