Sensory Evaluation of Food

How people perceive food and how to design and analyse sensory tests.

FDSC-340 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Food Science

Course content

  1. 1The senses and foodComing
  2. 2Taste and smellComing
  3. 3Texture perceptionComing
  4. 4The sensory labComing
  5. 5Difference testsComing
  6. 6Descriptive analysisComing
  7. 7Consumer acceptance testsComing
  8. 8Panel selection and trainingComing
  9. 9Statistics for sensory dataComing
  10. 10Shelf-life sensory testingComing
  11. 11Sensory and product developmentComing
  12. 12Running a sensory studyComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

How people perceive food and how to design and analyse sensory tests.

Part of the Agriculture & Food stream, typically taken in year 3.