14th Pangborn Sensory Symposium ‘Sustainable Sensory Science’
Abstract The 14th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium will be held at the award-winning Vancouver Convention Centre, in one of the most beautiful settings in the...
Discrimination testing when products have natural variability: Degree of Difference – with Control lot Variation (DoD-CV)
Abstract “Will consumers notice if we make the [ingredient/supplier/equipment] change?” Operations and quality groups are all too familiar with the challenge of maintaining product attributes...
Segmenting Consumers By Emotional Link to The Region – Apple Juices
Introduction As a result of global economics and changes in food production, today’s consumers have a rather poor knowledge of food origins. This lack of...
Some Like It Hot – But We Don’t Know How Hot Until They Try
Introduction: R&D and marketing groups are eager to understand where the next opportunity for spicy-hot infusion may be and what the consumer tolerance is for...
From Medicine to Munchies: The Canadian Cannabis Consumer in the Era of Legalisation
Introduction: In 2001, Canada became one of only two countries to legalise cannabis for medical use. In 2018, again in the company of only one...
Hedonic Contrast Effects In Multi-Product Food Evaluations Differing in Complexity
Abstract To satisfy budgetary requirements there is often a need to test multiple flavored products at the same time, thereby inducing contrast effects to the...
Consumers’ Associations With Feeling Good In A Food Context: Canada, US, and China
Introduction: The original ESN study of 14 countries across 6 different continents was to investigate the association of well-being with feeling good, food & beverages,...
Investigating the Effects of Attribute Frequency and Type in TCATA Testing
Introduction: Building on earlier methods (TQT, CATA, TDS), the TCATA method was introduced to continuously track sensory attributes responsible for the dynamic nature of foods....
Hedonic Contrast Effects in Multi-Product Food Evaluations Differing in Complexity Food Quality & Preference
Abstract To satisfy budgetary requirements there is often a need to test multiple flavored products at the same time, thereby inducing contrast effects to the...
Meeting The Food Needs of the Ageing Population
Abstract The fastest growing segment of the global population is the one that has to date largely been overlooked by the food industry and relatively...