Exam 2: Food Evaluation

Suppose that you are interested in interviewing for a job that you saw offered on your school's job website. It is for a commercial laboratory that conducts chemical tests for food evaluation. Before the interview, you want to familiarize yourself with the variety of chemical tests. Describe several examples of chemical tests, explain what they measure and how, and discuss where and in what context they would be used.

General taste panels usually consist of at least _____ individuals.

Whether or not a person prefers a certain aspect of a food is a focus of effective testing.

Relative viscosity compares the rate of a liquid's flow against

You have been asked by the manager of your school cafeteria to design and conduct a taste panel for their new macaroni and cheese recipe. Describe the general guidelines that you are going to follow when setting up and conducting this taste panel. Consider seating arrangements, room temperature and lighting, time of tastings, portion sizes and containers, potential additional water and food needed, and so on. Include discussion of any problems or issues that you might anticipate.

Objective tests conducted for research and development (R&D) rely on the opinions of highly trained individuals.

When scoring/evaluating for consumer testing with children, "smiley" or "frowny" faces can be used for scoring in lieu of the hedonic scale.

Suppose that you are hired as a consultant by a new start-up bakery that is owned by a friend of yours. He would like you to conduct physical testing for the following new food items that he would like to introduce to the public in the near future: chocolate chip cookies, vanilla pudding, cheddar cheese crackers, carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and banana protein shakes. For each of these food items, please state which physical test(s) you would plan to conduct and explain the reasoning behind why the tests that you selected are needed.

The most common analytical tests are

Objective analysis measures food characteristics as identified by

Which of the following is not a criterion for a general taste panel?

Give two different real-life examples of how a food company might use subjective evaluation of foods. Give several examples of tests of each type, explaining the differences between them.

Effective tests are designed to identify common likes and dislikes.

The best time for taste panels to sample food is

Design a product score sheet to be used by both adults and children for the pecan brownies that you plan to sell and distribute to Whole Foods grocery stores. You will use the results of this affective testing to prove to Whole Foods that your product belongs in their stores.