Sensory Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔The process of determining how someone will react to food.
Used without though, every-time we eat.
Types of Sensory Evaluation Tests - correct answer ✔✔In house (within a company) consumer testing
(focus group), and flavor groups (scientists who study flavor)
Flavor is impacted by... - correct answer ✔✔enzymatic reaction: added butter flavor
flavor precursors: changed with heat, chargrilled
Yeast fermentation: Yeast reaction
Uses of senses for food: Smell
Aroma vs. Odor - correct answer ✔✔Flavor can be enhanced by a good smell.
Aroma: Good connotation
Odor: Bad connotation
Use of sense for food: Taste - correct answer ✔✔Use of taste buds
Types of taste - correct answer ✔✔Bitter, salty, sweet, sour, unami, oleogustus
Use of sense for food: Sight - correct answer ✔✔First cue of taste comes from sight
Use of sense for food: Texture and mouthfeel - correct answer ✔✔how does the food feel in the mouth
(example: slimy)
Use of sense for food: Temperature - correct answer ✔✔Temp of spice level
cold vs. hot