Sensory Evaluation Flashcards
Marketing Strategy
a plan of action designed to promote and sell a product and sell a product.
Focus Group Testing
Is a small and typically diverse panel of people selected to survey for opinions on a given subject.
Food Engineering
Food engineering is a scientific, academic, and professional field that interprets an applies principles of engineering, science, and mathematics to food manufacturing and operations, including the processing, production, handling, storage, conservation, control, packaging and distribution of food products
Target Market
A target market is a group of customers within a business’s serviceable available market at which a business aims its marketing efforts and resources.
Taste Buds
Any of the clusters of bulbous nerve endings on the tongue and in the lining of the mouth which provide the sense of taste
Prototype formula
A prototype is an initial creation of product that shows the basics of what a product will look like, what the product will do, and how the product operates.
Taste Blind
An inability to taste certain substances such as phenylthiocarbamide. This inability is due to an autosomal recessive trait
Adulterated food
Adulteration is a legal term meaning that food product fails to meet the legal standards.
Food Packaging
Food packaging is Packaging for food. A package provides protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provide nutritional advice for Americans older than 2 years.
Olfactory Receptors
Olfactory receptors are able to detect air-borne odour molecules that enter the nasal cavity and bind to olfactory receptors.
Sensory Evaluation
Sensory evaluation uses test methods that provide information on how products are perceived through the senses.
Qualitative research
Qualitative research relies on data obtained by the researcher from first-hand observation, interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, participant-observation, recordings made in natural settings, documents, and artifacts.
Food Quality
Food quality or Meal quality is the quality characteristics of food that is acceptable to consumers.
Nutrition facts label
The nutrition facts label is a label required on most packaged food in many countries, showing what nutrients are in the food.
