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SCREENING INDIVIDUAL ABILITY TO PERFORM DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF FOOD PRODUCTS: BASIC STATEMENTS AND APPLICATION TO A CAMEMBERT CHEESE DESCRIPTIVE PANEL
Author(s) -
ISSANCHOU SYLVIE,
LESSCHAEVE ISABELLE,
KÖSTER E.P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of sensory studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1745-459X
pISSN - 0887-8250
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-459x.1995.tb00025.x
Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , test (biology) , psychology , odor , sensory system , descriptive research , statistics , set (abstract data type) , applied psychology , mathematics , cognitive psychology , computer science , paleontology , neuroscience , biology , programming language
A battery of sensory tests is proposed to select potential descriptive panelists. This set of tests is flavor specific. Several abilities are examined: odor and taste recognition, odor memory, discrimination and descriptive capacities. A detailed example of such a battery to select a Camembert cheese descriptive panel is given. The objectives of each test are discussed. Stimuli are chosen to be consistent with the sensory properties which can be perceived in cheese. Score distributions demonstrate the discrimination among candidates for each test. Globally, results show the difficulty to find 20 panelists amongst about a hundred with good scores on each test. The panel leader has to choose the final criteria taking into account whether or not some abilities could be improved by training and whether weak capacities (small deficiencies) in some panel members could be compensated for by other subjects.