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Instrumental Analysis or Human Evaluation to Measure the Appearance, Smell, Flavor and Physical Properties of Food

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A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensory and Consumer Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 September 2024 | Viewed by 3986

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Dr. Youngseung Lee

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Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea
Interests: sensory evaluation; food texture and rheology; food processing (meat and agricultural products)
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Dear Colleagues,

Both instrumental analyses and human evaluations are employed to assess the appearance, smell, flavor, and physical properties of food. Instrumental analysis employs specialized techniques, including E-nose, E-tongue, E-eye, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and spectroscopy, to objectively measure chemical and physical attributes. However, it may not fully capture sensory perception. Human evaluation involves trained panels or consumers who assess sensory attributes, such as taste, aroma, and texture. This approach provides a holistic understanding of how people perceive food, but can be influenced by subjectivity. Combining both methods offers a comprehensive insight into the sensory characteristics of foods. Instrumental analysis provides precise data, while human sensory evaluation captures the sensory experience, enhancing our understanding of food quality and appeal. This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that address the recent advancements in evaluating the smell, flavor, and physical properties of food through either instrumental or human evaluation approaches.

Dr. Youngseung Lee
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Keywords

instrumental sensory analysis
sensory evaluation
smell
flavor
texture
physical property
consumer
e-nose
e-tongue
e-eye

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Instrumental Analysis or Human Evaluation to Measure the Appearance, Smell, Flavor, and Physical Properties of Food

by Mohammed Saleh and Youngseung Lee

Foods 2023, 12(18), 3453; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12183453 - 15 Sep 2023

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Instrumental analysis and sensory evaluation are two fundamental approaches used to assess the quality of food products, encompassing attributes such as appearance, smell, flavor, and physical properties [...] Full article

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Inclusion of Beef Heart in Ground Beef Patties Alters Quality Characteristics and Consumer Acceptability as Assessed by the Application of Electronic Nose and Tongue Technology

by Savannah L. Douglas, Gabriela M. Bernardez-Morales, Brooks W. Nichols, Gabriella F. Johnson, Linda S. Barahona-Dominguez, Ainsley P. Jessup, Aeriel D. Belk, Jase J. Ball, Sungeun Cho and Jason T. Sawyer

Foods 2024, 13(5), 811; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13050811 - 6 Mar 2024

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Consumer purchasing of beef is often driven by the trinity of flavor, palatability, and convenience. Currently, beef patties in the United States are manufactured with fat and lean trimmings derived from skeletal muscles. A reduction in total beef supply may require the use of animal by-product utilization such as variety meats to achieve patty formulations. The current study aimed to assess textural, color, and flavor characteristics in addition to volatile compounds through electronic technology, e-nose and e-tongue, of ground beef patties formulated with beef heart. Ground beef patties were manufactured with 0%, 6%, 12%, or 18% beef heart, with the remainder of the meat block being shoulder clod-derived ground beef. Patties (n = 65/batch/treatment) within each batch (n = 3) with each treatment were randomly allocated to cooked color (n = 17/batch/treatment), Allo–Kramer shear force (AKSF; n = 17/batch/treatment), texture profile analysis (TPA; n = 6/batch/treatment), cooking loss (n = 17/batch/treatment), consumer panel (n = 3/batch/treatment), e-nose (n = 1/batch/treatment), and e-tongue (n = 1/batch/treatment) analysis groups. Patties containing beef heart did not require additional cooking time (p = 0.1325) nor exhibit greater cooking loss (p = 0.0803). Additionally, inclusion rates of beef heart increased hardness (p = 0.0030) and chewiness values (p = 0.0316) in TPA, were internally redder (p = 0.0001), and reduced overall liking by consumer panelists (p = 0.0367). Lastly, patties containing beef heart exhibited greater red-to-brown (p = 0.0003) and hue angle (p = 0.0001) values than control patties. The results suggest that beef heart inclusion does alter ground beef quality characteristics and consumer acceptability. Full article

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Texture Analysis of Chinese Dried Noodles during Drying Based on Acoustic–Mechanical Detection Methods

by Zhendong Cai, Zhenhua Wang, Min Zhang, Aojie Zhang, Guodong Ye, Shan Liang and Xin Ren

Foods 2024, 13(2), 268; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13020268 - 15 Jan 2024

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To better understand the textural transformation of Chinese dried noodles during the drying process, a convenient acoustic–force detection method was established. By comparing the breaking point, it was possible to determine the time-scale correlation between the force–displacement curves and acoustic spectrograms. The acoustic eigenvalues showed a consistent upward trend with the mechanical parameters during the drying process. With a wave crest reaching 152.8 dB and a signal maximum reaching 0.072, the structural stability of the dried noodles hardly induces a higher acoustic response. This suggests that the mechanical strength and rigidity of the dried noodles undergo minimal changes during this period. In comparison to the mechanical parameters, the acoustic eigenvalues accurately describe the changes in texture of dried noodles under various drying conditions, moreover, the sound threshold also provides a more effective response to the dried noodles’ structural strength threshold. Therefore, the acoustic detection method can be applied to assist the conventional mechanical measurement in the field of the texture evaluation of dried food. Full article

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Effects of NaCl on the Physical Properties of Cornstarch–Methyl Cellulose Blend and on Its Gel Prepared with Rice Flour in a Model System

by Juhee Kim, Yoon Hyuk Chang and Youngseung Lee

Foods 2023, 12(24), 4390; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12244390 - 6 Dec 2023

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This study investigated the impact of NaCl on the physical properties of cornstarch–methyl cellulose (CS–MC) mixtures and their gels prepared with rice flour in a model system. Opposite trends were observed, showing that NaCl led to decreased viscosity of the CS–MC mixtures (liquid-based), whereas a more stable and robust structure was observed for the rice-flour-added gels (solid-based) with the addition of NaCl. The interference of NaCl with the CS-MS blend’s ability to form a stable gel network resulted in a thinner consistency, as the molecules of the CS-MS blend may not bind together as effectively. On the contrary, NaCl showed the potential to enhance the protein network within CS–MC gels prepared with rice flour, thereby contributing to an augmentation in the stability or firmness of the cooked gels. Careful utilization of NaCl to optimize the physical properties of the CS–MC blends, as well as the gels based on rice flour, should be performed. Full article

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