OKAMOTO Yoko
   Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Health Sciences
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2017/03
Type Articles
Peer Review With peer review
Title Relationship between taste composition and sensory evaluation ratings of fruits
Contribution Type Co-Authored Publication
Journal 食品科学教育協議会会誌
Journal TypeJapan
Publisher 食品科学教育協議会
Volume, Issue, Pages Vol.8(No.1),pp.11-18
Number of pages 8
Author and coauthor Yoko OKAMOTO,Kenji TAYAMA
Details We measured the composition of fruit using instruments and evaluated sweetness, acidity intensity and palatability using sensory evaluation methods. We also investigated the relationship between instrumental measurements and human sensory evaluation ratings in order to propose formulae describing the relationships between the two. The pH and acidity intensity had a correlation coefficient of r = - 0.812, with regression equation y = - 1.490x + 10.039. This equation was shown to be helpful in predicting acidity intensity based on pH measurements (p < 0.001). Sweetness intensity and palatability ratings had a correlation coefficient of r = 0.815, with a regression equation y = 0.567x + 2.422 and was used in predicting palatability ratings based on sweetness intensity ratings (p < 0.001).