Brettanomyces spoilage in wine is due to the production of metabolites, which together create a distinctive ‘Bretty’ aroma and flavor profile. The objective of this study was to assess the influence three wine flavor matrices have on consumer perception and acceptance of wines containing high and low concentrations of Brettanomyces-metabolites. A commercial Shiraz wine was altered through additions of whiskey
Light-struck taints in wine develop when they are exposed to sunlight and elevated temperature. Affected wines undergo a colour change, a decrease in fruit flavours and a development of off-flavours that have been described as cooked cabbage and/or corn nuts. This poses a problem in retail stores that have a large number of external facing windows that can potentially expose
From a sensory perspective, sparkling wines are highly complex products. Carbonation imparts characteristic mouthfeel effects that include tingling and other sensations, and may trigger gustatory, olfactory, trigeminal, and auditory perceptions as well.
Dominance rates arising from temporal dominance of sensations (TDS) data are almost always plotted and understood with reference to chance and significance lines. Chance lines are fully determined by the number of attributes, and represent what we might expect if poor reading but task-engaged monkeys picked the attributes. Significance lines are conventionally based on the 95% upper confidence limit for
To identify the sensory attributes that guide food choice, classical descriptive analyses are commonly used, however they do not take into account the dynamics involved during oral processing. The use of temporal methods provides more realistic information on the sensory changes during the time, approaching the consumers’ perception.
The present study was to determine if and how TCATA could discriminate two variants of the same snack (A, B) that had previously been demonstrated perceptually similar by consumer liking and diagnostics. Consumers evaluated five consecutive bites of each variant at McCormick & Co., Inc.: via temporal liking on Day 1, TCATA with 12 emotion attributes on Day 2, and
The feelings, tastes, flavors, and sounds elicited by ready-to-eat breakfast cereals in the mouth are perceived dynamically, and evolve within each bite, and over the multi-bite eating experience. Temporal check-all-that-apply (TCATA) is a temporal sensory method that extends the use of check-all-that-apply questions by allowing continuous selection of attributes based on applicability or noticeability. TCATA can permit characterization of the
Today’s consumers have access to more food choices and nutritional information than ever before. While trying to navigate grocery stores they are making regular decisions of what foods best suit the taste, nutritional, economic and environmental needs of their lifestyle. The present study looks at the relationship between consumers’ perceived healthfulness of foods and their affective ambivalence pre and post
Equivalence testing is widely used in sensory science during all stages of product development and production. It is important to understand product differences and variations, some differences will go undetected by the consumer or will be considered “close enough” and therefore acceptable to the consumer.
Sensory quality control is an essential mechanism for ensuring the sensory integrity of a product is not compromised. By conducting sensory testing throughout the distilling process it becomes possible to detect and reject faulty raw ingredients and intermediate products before these advance to the next stages, resulting in further contamination.