Panellists of WUR taste panels are working on taste experience

Added on 24 July 2023

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Panellists of WUR taste panels are working on taste experience

Breeders and growers of fruit and vegetables want to be sure that their products have a distinctive taste. That is why the Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower Bulbs Business Unit of Wageningen University & Research is conducting research with the help of a consumer panel and various sensory panels. With training courses WUR ensures that the taste experience of the participants of these panels remains up to standard. And for the annual meeting this year a sensory employee of a large candy manufacturer explained the role of taste research in the development of their candy.

Consumer panel

Many dozens of times a year, research is carried out at the WUR research location in Bleiswijk into the taste of fruit and vegetables. This is done, among other things, by the various panels. The consumer panel consists of approximately 250 panellists and assesses the liking of products of a product. In addition, there are some sensory panels: these sensory panelists are trained to describe to specific flavors that can occur in a product.