Vocabulary
Science of Taste
Sensory Evaluation
Uniform Evaluations
Beliefs
100
A decorative arrangement added to food or a drink
What is Garnish?
100
Researches assign all food tastes to one of four broad categories
What is sweet, salty, bitter, and sour?
100
Groups of people who evaluate food samples
What is Sensory Evaluation Panels?
100
Researches must make testing experience as _______ as possible
What is Uniform?
100
Religion traditions
What is Dietary laws, and guidelines?
200
Qualities of a food identified by the senses
What is Sensory Characteristics?
200
A fifth taste
What is Umami?
200
3 main groups
What is Highly Trained Experts, Laboratory Panels, and Consumer Panels?
200
Often individual booths are used to eliminate out noises abd odors
What is Minimize Distractions?
200
All encourage fasting, especially certain times of the year
What is Islam, JUdaism, and Christianity?
300
Unable to distinguish between the flavors of some foods
What is Taste Blind?
300
A natural version of MSG
What is Mushrooms?
300
These people judge the quality of a product
What is Highly Trained Experts?
300
Testers vary the order in which samples are presented, usually limiting tests to three items
What is Minimize Bias?
300
Very specific about what foods may be eaten and how they must be prepared
What is Jewish kosher laws?
400
Sensory organs located on various parts of the tongue
What is Taste Buds?
400
This might be described as "savory"
What is Umami?
400
These are usually small groups at a company's laboratory
What is Laboratory Panels?
400
Food tasters rinse their mouths, usually with water, between samples
What is Help Evaluators use their senses to the fullest?
400
Prohibit certain foods and specify how animals are to be slaughtered
What is Jewish and Islamic law?
500
A salt that interacts with other ingredients to enhance salty and sour tastes
What is Monosodium Glutamate or MSG?
500
The cells lining the surface of the taste buds have _____
What is pores?
500
Tests may involve several hundred people
What is Consumer Panels?
500
To design tests that yield valid, scientific results, researchers also take the following steps
What is Minimize Distractions, Minimize Bias, and Help Evaluators use their senses to the fullest?
500
Recommends a vegetarian diet
What is Buddhists and Seventh-Day Adventists?
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