Which is not a main category of sensory characteristics in food products? (this is not the 5 basic taste senses)
A. Appearance.
B. Sound.
C. Flavor.
D. Texture.
What is B. Sound.
100
Eating turkey at Thanksgiving is an example of _____ influence on food choices.
A. cultural
B. environmental
C. physical
D. psychological
What is A. cultural
100
A group of untrained consumers who evaluate products after they have been developed to determine what the average consumer will prefer.
A. taste test panel or B. consumer taste panel
What is consumer taste panel
100
Which factor cannot be controlled during a taste test panel?
A. Lighting. B. Interaction with other testers. C. Personal preferences. D. Temperature.
What is C. Personal preferences.
100
The olfactory bulb determines the sense of __________
A. Smell. B. Sight. C. Touch. D. Taste.
What is A. Smell
200
A flavor preference based on negative or positive experiences with food is called _____.
A. objective evaluation B. psychological bias
C. subjective evaluation D. taste bias
What is taste bias
200
What does brittleness refer to in the terms of a texture
What is how easily a food shatters or breaks apart
200
A person who has more taste buds than most people is called a _____________
What is a supertaster
200
Which flavor is preferred by babies?
What is Sweet
200
Opinions about food are _________ because they are affected by personal views and backgrounds.
A. Objective or B. Subjective
What is B. Subjective
300
Volatile substances influence flavors because _____.
A. they cause foods to burst apart
B. of their grainy texture
C. they evaporate easily
D. of their mouthfeel
What is C. they evaporate easily
300
Not eating hamburgers ever again because you once got food poisoning at a cookout is an example of _____ influence on food choices.
A. cultural
B. environmental C. physical
D. psychological
What is D. psychological
300
This is a "trained" group of people who evaluate the flavor, texture, appearance, and aroma of food products.
A. taste test panel or B. consumer taste panel
What is taste test panel
300
Which numerical scale will be the most effective for a sensory evaluation?
A. 1 to 3.
B. 1 to 5.
C. 1 to 6.
D. 1 to 11.
What is B. 1 to 5.
300
Colored lights in a taste test area can help remove the variable of _____________ from a sensory evaluation.
What is COLOR
400
What is an example of a foods that is astringent?
Answers will vary. Sour (i.e. lemons, tea)
400
Which of the following is an example of a psychological influence on food choices?
A. A consumer always chooses the same brand of yogurt.
B. A Hindu does not eat beef.
C. A Jamaican eats a lot of tropical fruit.
What is A. A consumer always chooses the same brand of yogurt.
400
The human analysis of the taste, smell, sound, feel, and appearance of food is called _____.
What is A. sensory evaluation
400
In between testing fatty food samples, it is important to rinse the mouth with _____.
What is warm water
400
The two components of flavor are taste and ____________
What is aroma
500
Which taste is described by the Japanese word Unami?
What is Savory
500
When is a universal evaluation form most likely to be used in taste tests?
A. When young children are the testers.
B. With consumer taste test panels.
C. During test marketing.
D. During early stages of product development.
What is A. When young children are the testers.
500
Eating seafood because you live near the coast is an example of _____ influence on food choices.
A. cultural
B. environmental
C. physical
D. psychological
What is B. environmental
500
How many food samples can generally be evaluated at one time during sensory evaluation?
What is 5
500
The ability of a substance to draw up the muscles of the mouth is called ____________________
A. aroma
B. astringency
C. consistency