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Michelle Sigvaldson, Food Science and Development Manager

Food Processing Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

The value

of Sensory

Science for

successful

plant based

food

innovation

Product Innovation

Product Innovation

Taste

Product Innovation

Textured plant protein High moisture pea protein meat analogue

Sensory Science

Sensory Evaluation:

a scientific method used to evoke, measure, analyze, and interpret those

responses to products as perceived through the senses of sight, smell,

touch, taste and hearing (Stone and Sidel, 2004).

Know your product

Profile Your Product

MangoHaskap Berry

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5

10

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Bitter

Grassy

Chalky flavour

BeanySour/Acidic

Off-flavour

Nutty

Haskap Faba Bean Haskap Yellow Pea Mango Faba Bean Mango Yellow Pea

Sheeted Crumbs

Extruded Crumbs

Descriptive Analysis

Nutty Aroma

Pea Aroma

Musty AromaPotato

Wheaty Aroma

Nutty Flavour

Bitter

Metallic

Dried Pea Flavour

Green Pea Flavour

Wheaty Flavour

Savoury

Astringent

Musty Flavour

SD FB SheetSD Flour

3101 FB Sheet

3101 FB Flour

3103 FB Open

1103 YP Open 1103 YP Flour

FPDC YP ClosedFPDC YP Sheet

FPDC YP Flour

BC RL Closed

BC RL Open

BC RL Flour

FPDC RL Sheet

FPDC RL Flour

Wheat Crumb

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

Fact

or

2 (

17

.99

%)

Factor 1 (45.49%)

Bi-plot representation of the first two principal components from the PCA illustrating the relationship between aroma and flavour attributes and 16 crumb treatments.

Attribute Characteristic - Temporal Dominance of Sensation

Attribute Characteristic - Temporal Dominance of Sensation

Attribute Characteristic - Temporal Dominance of Sensation

Know your consumer

Product Liking / Acceptance

Acceptance Insight

Just About Right

Acceptance Insight

Check All That Apply

Why sensory science…

Michelle Sigvaldson

michelle.sigvaldson@gov.ab.ca / 780-980-4820

Food Processing Development Centre

Questions?Questions?

Product Context and Testing Environment

Impacts our perceptions. How about our liking and purchase intent?