INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
DEFINITION OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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does not evaluate specific characteristics of a product
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is most commonly conducted among drinks only
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is difficult to conduct for most food product
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very specific and descriptive in evaluating food
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Detailed explanation-1: -A product preference test can determine if consumers prefer your product when compared to another product. The tables below are an example of a results from a preference test. Table 1. Consumer Preference for a New Product Versus the Company’s Current Product using a preference test with 100 consumers. First Sample.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sensory testing is often used to determine consumer acceptability of a food product. Testers taste samples and then rate the products.
Detailed explanation-3: -Advantages. A major advantage of preference tests is that we can gain objective data about animal motivation from the animal’s perspective (largely) without being influenced by attributing human emotions or human senses to the animals.