There is a clear market trend to offer healthier, more sustainable and environmentally friendly products. We observe how organic products, without preservatives, without palm oil, without excess fat, etc., occupy more and more space on supermarket shelves. Changes in ingredients, changes in the manufacturing process, changes in the formulation of the product are
Consumers' complaints are often received, indicating that the product they have purchased is not "as usual" or "as expected". How can we be sure that the product complained of certainly does not have a sensory defect? Is it an isolated complaint? Is the whole batch affected? The sensory atypicality test provides answers to these questions.
The main purpose of food packaging is to protect the food it contains. However, their use is not free from hazards. As stated in Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, "any material or article intended to come into contact directly or indirectly with food must be sufficiently inert to
In an increasingly competitive market, we need to clearly know our product, how it is perceived by the consumer, and be able to highlight everything that makes it stronger in the market. To do so, it is advisable to carry out an Acceptance and Preference Test, which will allow us to: Know how
We are pleased to inform of Mérieux NutriSciences Spain's attendance at the V Congress of the Spanish Association of Sensory Analysis Professionals (AEPAS), which will take place in Girona (Catalonia, Spain) from June 19 to 21, 2023. Since its first edition in 2015, this forum provides the opportunity to learn about basic and applied research
Sometimes there is a need to quickly describe sensory differences between a number of products. If you do not have a trained panel of tasters, and it is not feasible to make the medium to long term investment to train one, you have the option of a Free Choice Profile. We may find
When it is not possible to carry out consumer studies in a tasting room, the alternative is to conduct them at the consumer's home, which we call the Home Test. With clear instructions given to the participant, the tasting session is replicated at home. Pause between products, control of the tasting order, ... The process
Is my product preferred to that offered by my competitors? In a competitive market, if the consumer doesn’t consider your product to be different and preferential, they will not hesitate to try other similar available alternatives. Buying behaviour is ever less faithful to brands and the consumer is continuously demanding a better quality/price
The "sensory" management of your product is essential for its proper development, at any of its development stages. There are many methodologies and tests in sensory analysis that, with the results they provide, can help us in different ways. For example, there are also many different ways to carry out studies with consumers
An expert tasting panel is the only tool that enables you to accurately and reliably visualize the sensory characteristics of your product. The sensory profiles obtained by the panel of samplers, experts in your product, will allow you to understand and compare its sensory properties. You will be able to compare different samples of the