Glossary of sensory terms meanings

Acceptability meaning Acceptance meaning Acetone meaning Acid meaning Acidity, acid taste meaning Acuity meaning Adaptation meaning Adhesiveness meaning Aeration, aerated meaning After-feel meaning After-taste / residual taste meaning Age meaning Ageusia meaning Air holes meaning Airy meaning Alkalinity, alkaline taste meaning Almond meaning Anchor point meaning Anosmia meaning Antagonism meaning Appearance meaning Appetite meaning Appetizing meaning Apple meaning Aroma meaning Aroma intensity meaning Artichoke meaning Artificial meaning Aspect meaning Astringency astringent meaning Attitude meaning Attitude scale meaning Attribute meaning Auditory meaning Aversion meaning Baby vomit meaning Band-aid meaning Basic taste meaning Bell pepper meaning Bias meaning Bipolar scale meaning Bitter meaning Bitter aftertaste meaning Bitterness meaning Bitterness / bitter taste meaning Bland meaning Blueness meaning Body meaning Boiled milk aroma meaning Boiled milk flavour meaning Bouquet meaning Brightness meaning Brightness contrast meaning Brine meaning Brothy meaning Browned (aroma) meaning Browned (flavor) meaning Burning / warming meaning Buttermilk meaning Buttery meaning Camomile meaning Cardboard meaning Cardboard (flavor) meaning Catty meaning Chalky meaning Character note meaning Character of cocoa flavor meaning Character of milk chocolate flavor meaning Chemical meaning Chemical (mouthfeel) meaning Chemical cooling meaning Chemical effect meaning Chemical heat meaning Chemothermal sensation meaning Chew count meaning Chewiness meaning Chewiness meaning Chewy meaning Chocolate meaning Chocolate aftertaste meaning Chocolate or cocoa meaning Chocolate / cocoa aftertaste meaning Citrus fruit meaning Classification meaning Clean feel / clean meaning Coarse meaning Cocoa meaning Cocoa aftertaste meaning Cohesiveness meaning Cohesiveness of mass meaning Color meaning Color evenness meaning Color intensity meaning Colour meaning Colour blindness meaning Colour hue meaning Colour intensity meaning Comparative assessment meaning Compensation meaning Conformation meaning Consistency meaning Consumer meaning Contrast effect meaning Control sample meaning Convergence effect meaning Cooked meaning Cooked milk meaning Cooked milk aroma meaning Cooked milk flavor meaning Coolness / cooling meaning Cowyl / phenolic meaning Cream cheese meaning Creaminess meaning Creaminess oral meaning Creamy meaning Creamy aroma meaning Creamy flavour meaning Crumb darkness meaning Crumbliness meaning Crust darkness meaning Crust smoothness meaning Cucumber meaning Custard / eggy meaning Cutaneous sense / tactile meaning Dairy meaning Dairy aroma meaning Dairy flavor meaning Decaying vegetation (aroma) meaning Denseness meaning Density mouthfeel meaning Descriptive analysis meaning Diacetyl meaning Difference threshold meaning Dilution method meaning Discriminating ability meaning Discrimination meaning Discrimination test meaning Doughy / pasty / elastic meaning Dryness / dry meaning Duo-trio test meaning Duration of overall flavor meaning Dyschromatopsia meaning Earthy meaning Ease of swallowing meaning Effervescence / effervescent meaning Elasticity / springiness / resilience meaning Error (of assessment) meaning Esparto meaning Eucalyptus meaning Evenness meaning Exotic fruit meaning Expectation bias meaning Expert meaning Expert sensory assessor meaning External slipperiness handfeel meaning External viscosity handfeel meaning Fat meaning Fattiness meaning Fatty meaning Fecal meaning Fermented meaning Fiber awareness meaning Fibrousness meaning Fig leaf meaning Firm meaning Firmness meaning Firmness mouthfeel meaning Flat meaning Flavor intensity meaning Flavour meaning Flavour enhancer meaning Floral / perfumy meaning Floury meaning Flowers meaning Fluffy / aerated meaning Fluidity meaning Foaminess meaning Fracturability meaning Fragrance meaning Free choice sensory profile meaning Free fatty acid meaning Free whey meaning Fruit (not apple) meaning Fruity meaning Fusty / muddy sediment meaning Glass coating meaning Gloss meaning Gloss / glossy / shiny meaning Grading meaning Grain meaning Graininess meaning Granularity meaning Grass meaning Greasy meaning Green meaning Green pepper meaning Greenly fruity meaning Green-viney meaning Green-viney (aroma) meaning Gristle meaning Grubby meaning Gumminess meaning Gustatory meaning Halo effect meaning Hardness meaning Harmony meaning Hay / wood meaning Heated or burnt meaning Heaviness / heavy meaning Hedonic meaning Hedonic scale meaning Herbs meaning Hue meaning Ice crystals meaning Icy meaning Independent assessment meaning Inhibition meaning Insipid meaning Intensity meaning Intensity of cocoa meaning Intensity of cocoa aroma meaning Intensity of milk chocolate aroma meaning Intensity of milk chocolate flavor meaning Intensity scale meaning Internal slipperiness mouthfeel meaning Internal viscosity mouthfeel meaning Interval scale meaning Juiciness meaning Kinaesthesis meaning Lactic acid meaning Lightness meaning Loose particles meaning Magnitude estimation meaning Malty meaning Masking meaning Mastication meaning Matching meaning Mealiness meaning Mealy meaning Measurement scale meaning Melting rate meaning Metallic meaning Methyl ketone / bleu meaning Milk meaning Milkfat / lactone meaning Milky meaning Milky / dairy meaning Modality / sensory modality meaning Moisture meaning Moisture absorption meaning Moisture release meaning Moldy / musty meaning Mouth coating meaning Mouthcoating meaning Mouthcoating afterfeel meaning Mouthfeel meaning Mouthwash meaning Musty meaning Musty / earthy meaning Musty / humid meaning Neutral meaning Note meaning Number of chews meaning Nutty meaning Objective method meaning Odorant meaning Odorimetry meaning Odour meaning Off-flavour meaning Off-note meaning Off-odour meaning Oily meaning Olfaction meaning Olfactometer meaning Olfactometry meaning Olfactory meaning Olive leaf meaning Opacity / opaque meaning Ordinal scale meaning Organoleptic meaning Overall sour meaning Overall sweet meaning Oxidized meaning Paired comparison test meaning Palatability meaning Palate cleanser / cleansing meaning Panel meaning Panel consensus meaning Panel training meaning Particle interaction meaning Pear meaning Peel like meaning Perception meaning Persistence meaning Physical cooling meaning Physical heat meaning Pine kernel meaning Plastic meaning Porosity meaning Potato meaning Powdered milk meaning Powdery / chalky meaning Preference meaning Preference test meaning Preference threshold meaning Prickle / bite meaning Primary taste meaning Product meaning Psychophysical method meaning Psychophysics meaning Pulp amount meaning Pulpy residue meaning Pungency / pungent meaning Pungent meaning Qualitative sensory profile meaning Quality meaning Quality factor meaning Quantitative sensory profile meaning Rancid meaning Random error meaning Ranking meaning Rate of melt meaning Rating meaning Ratio scale meaning Receptor meaning Recognition threshold meaning Reference point meaning Reference sample meaning Reference scale meaning Residual mouth fill meaning Response meaning Response scale meaning Retronasal persistence meaning Ripely fruity meaning Ripeness meaning Ropy meaning Rose meaning Rose apple id meaning Rosy / floral meaning Rough meaning Saltiness / salty taste meaning Salty meaning Sample / sample of product meaning Saturation meaning Scale meaning Scorched meaning Score meaning Score sheet / card meaning Scoring meaning Screening meaning Seed awareness meaning Seedy meaning Selected assessor meaning Sensation meaning Sensitivity meaning Sensory meaning Sensory adaptation meaning Sensory analysis meaning Sensory assessor meaning Sensory fatigue meaning Sensory panel meaning Sensory profile meaning Separation of color meaning Skin awareness meaning Skin toughness meaning Smooth appearance meaning Smooth texture meaning Smoothness meaning Soft fruit meaning Somesthesis meaning Sour meaning Sour cream meaning Sourness / sour taste meaning Soy aroma meaning Soy flavor meaning Speckled meaning Spicy meaning Spongy meaning Springiness meaning Springiness / elasticity meaning Standard illuminant meaning Starchy meaning Stimulus meaning Stimulus threshold / detection threshold meaning Subjective meaning Subjective method meaning Sub-threshold meaning Sulfur meaning Supra-threshold meaning Surface moisture meaning Sustained crispness meaning Sweaty meaning Sweet meaning Sweet aftertaste meaning Sweet pepper meaning Sweet taste meaning Sweetness meaning Sweetness / sweet taste meaning Synergism meaning Tactile somesthetic receptor meaning Taint meaning Taste meaning Taster meaning Tasting meaning Terminal threshold meaning Test portion meaning Test sample meaning Texture meaning Texture profile meaning Thickness meaning Thickness after melting meaning Thickness oral meaning Thickness visual meaning Threshold / absolute threshold meaning To smell meaning Toasted meaning Tomato meaning Tomato id (aroma) meaning Tomato id (flavor) meaning Tooth pack meaning Total fattiness meaning Touch meaning Translucency / translucent meaning Transparency meaning Transparency / transparent meaning Triangle test meaning Trigeminal sensations / oro-nasal chemesthesis meaning True value meaning Umami meaning Uniformity of bite meaning Uniformity of mass meaning Unipolar scale meaning Vanilla meaning Vegetable water meaning Viscosity meaning Vision meaning Walnut meaning Waxy / crayon meaning Webbed tissue meaning Wet wood meaning Whey meaning Whiteness meaning Winey-vinegary / acid-sour meaning Woody meaning Yeast meaning Yeasty meaning Yellowness meaning Yesty meaning

Glossary of sensory terms meanings

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Glossary of sensory terms meanings

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