Practical Taste-and-Odor Methods For Routine Operations: Decision Tree

by Robert C. Hoehn, Robert C. Hoehn

This report tested 3 new sensory methods, developed using food-beverage industry product evaluations The three Attribute Rating Test to monitor musty odor caused by geosmin; Rating Method for Evaluating Distribution-System Odors in Comparison to a Control; and 2-of-5 Odor Test - a forced choice method. All are simple, yet reliable, taste-and-odor evaluation methods that can be used for day-to-day monitoring and can replace or work along side exciting FPA and TON tests.

136 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004