Sensory analysis of dehydrated orange juices: quantitative descriptive analysis and sensory acceptability test

CAPITANI M.I.; RODRIGUEZ M.M.

Tecnociencia Chihuahua Revista de Ciencia y Tecnología

Dirección de Investigación y Posgrado de la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

Lugar: Chihuahua; Año: 2023 vol. 17

2683-3360

The objective of this work was to determine the sensory profile and the degree of acceptability ofsamples of commercial dehydrated orange juices (A-B-C) by quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA)and sensory acceptability testing. As samples B and C are marketed with the label “sweet orange”,in sensory tests it was also analyzed whether the assessors and consumers perceived them as anysweeter. A panel of 8 assessors was selected for the QDA test, and trained on evaluating of thedehydrated orange juices. The acceptance test was performed with 50 consumers of both genders,who were selected for their daily consumption of dehydrated juices. In addition, in this test, theinfluence of gender of consumers on evaluations of the samples was analyzed. In the descriptive test,B and C were characterized by a greater intensity in orange and acid aroma and orange and acidflavor, samples A and C by a larger body, and A and B by exhibiting a greater intensity of the sweetflavor descriptor. In the test with consumers, B and C were perceived as the sweetest and those thatpresented the greatest overall acceptability. Furthermore, no differences were found between theratings provided by men and women.