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| | | | New training helps taste panels | | | | | | 21 July 2006
Bodycote LawLabs, the independent testing and advisory company has launched a new training course in Sensory Evaluation designed to assist product development teams in operating successful ‘taste panels’ with meaningful results.
The training, which can be tailored to meet an individual’s company needs, has been developed to ensure that everyone involved in a taste panel is expressing and interpreting thoughts in a common and consistent manner, so information can be used to enhance or change a particular product.
NPD teams will learn how to interpret consumers’ likes and dislikes about a product in a clear and precise manner: what exactly is meant by sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness, crunchiness and so on. This type of training known as ‘calibrating the palate’ is particularly important when testing for off-flavours or aromas, or to customise training to test for very specific attributes in one product.
“Taste panels are now used widely either to monitor consistency of a product, or to benchmark against a competitors as part of the NPD process”, explains Jerry Houseago, Business Development Manager at Bodycote LawLabs.
“This type of exercise is only successful if the panel is carried out in a consistent manner with an understanding of the individual panellist’s sensory profile. Individuals vary in the way they perceive and describe different tastes so it’s important when compiling panel results to understand how panellists results differ. This course has been specifically designed to teach this.”
In common with all Bodycote LawLabs’ training courses, the Sensory Evaluation course can be validated under the Learning & Skills Council Green Card scheme.
For further information on the training Bodycote LawLabs can offer, click here.
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