It is important to differentiate sensory property from the material property

Publication date: Available online 23 December 2019Source: Trends in Food Science & TechnologyAuthor(s): Jianshe ChenAbstractA sensory property is human's perception or sensory response to a material stimulus (or stimuli). Despite of the intrinsic relationship between a sensory property and its corresponding material property, the two properties are fundamentally different. However, in sensory practice, the two different properties are very often mixed up and instrumental measured material property is often mistaken as sensory property. Correct differentiation of the two properties is critically important for fundamental understanding of human sensory and in particular for practical sensory analysis. While it is perfectly feasible using an instrument to measure material property, it is much more complicated when using an instrument for sensory perception prediction.

Source: Trends in Food Science and Technology - December 24, 2019 Category: Food Science Source Type: research