Consumer Acceptability and Sensory Profile of Sustainable Paper-Based Packaging

Consumer studies on sensory acceptability of boar taint: a review.

Boar taint can be found in meat from boars and affects consumer acceptability of pork. The aim of this review is: (1) to describe different aspects of the existing methodologies used in consumer studies when evaluating boar taint from a sensory point of view, (2) to draw conclusions on different studies regarding the acceptability of meat from entire males, and (3) to discuss a possible harmoni...

Sustainable household consumption and quality of life: the acceptability of sustainable consumption patterns and consumer policy strategies

A multidisciplinary computer-based field study among 393 Dutch households examined how people judge the ‘social’ sustainability (quality-of-life effects) of ‘environmentally’ sustainable household consumption patterns (less energy-use demanding) and associated policy options. The study revealed that about two -thirds of the households had to reduce their direct and indirect energy use within th...

Consumer perception, facts and possibilities to improve acceptability of health and sensory characteristics of pork.

Changes at consumer level, as well as an image decline of the meat sector, resulted in considerable decreases of fresh meat consumption. Consumer orientation is considered as a prerequisite to slow down or reverse the adverse fresh pork consumption evolution. Consumer perception of pork is taken as the starting point of this article. Focus is first on assessing differences between facts related...

Sensory descriptive analysis and consumer acceptability of original “kaya” and “kaya” partially substituted with inulin

A study was done on the feasibility of inulin, a fructooligosaccharides with the health benefits of prebiotic, as partial sugar replacer in “kaya” by investigating the effects of different substitution levels (0%; control, 10%, 30% and 50%) on the sensory properties. The samples were investigated by 10 descriptive panelists for colour, sweetness, smoothness, firmness, adhesiveness and spreadabi...

Impact of sensory differences on consumer acceptability of Yoghurt 6 and Yoghurt - like Products