Types of sensory test

Question 1

what three types of sensory tests are there

Answer 1

ranking test
rating test
triangle test

Question 2

what is ranking test

Answer 2

tasters are asked to rank food in order of preference
this helps the food manufactors to:
- find out acceptability of new products to tasters
- find out why one product is more popular than another

Question 3

what is rating test

Answer 3

tasters are given a scale and asked to rate the food product for a characteristic.
this helps the food manufactors to:
- collect information about specific charateristices
- discover if a new food product has met the specification

Question 4

what is triangle test

Answer 4

tasters are given three sample, two of which are the same, and they are asked to identifythe odd one out. this is used by food manufactures to find out if concumers notice small changes made to a food product