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ABSTRACT: The influence of packaging polymers (polypropylene or polystyrene) on the sensory and physicochemical characteristics of flavoured stirred yogurts with either 0% or 4%-fat content was investigated during the 28 days of storage at 4 °C. Regardless of the packaging type, complex viscosity and thickness perception increased during storage due to exopolysaccharide production, whereas the pH of yogurts decreased. Packaging type had a greater impact on 0%-fat yogurts than on 4%-fat yogurts for both sensory and physicochemical characteristics. During storage, 0%-fat yogurt conditioned in glass displayed the lowest aroma quantity decrease of the three types of packaging, in accordance with the olfactory properties. However, between the two polymer types, polystyrene packaging seemed to be preferable for limiting aroma compound losses and subsequent fruity note intensities, and for avoiding the development of odour and aroma defects. Less significant packaging effect was observed for 4%-fat yogurts.
Food Chemistry 01/2008; 110(2):285-293. · 3.65 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Among yogurt dairy components, protein type is known to modify the texture of the products and the volatility of odorous volatile organic compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of 3 protein ratios (caseinate to total protein) on the sensory properties of 4% fat, strawberry-flavored stirred yogurts. A sensory methodology study was therefore investigated to choose the most efficient method in terms of sensitivity, quantification, and ease with which the panel could distinguish slight differences in olfactory property between the yogurts. Three kinds of product presentation procedures were compared: a monadic presentation, a comparative presentation, and a comparative presentation with a reference. The results showed that the 3 presentation methods emphasized some important texture differences between the yogurts in the same way. However, the comparative procedure with a reference was the only one to reveal clear olfactory property differences between the yogurts. The main effect of protein ratio variation in yogurt concerned the texture properties, which greatly differed between the 3 yogurts and was confirmed by complex viscosity measurements. Olfactory differences between the yogurts were more subtle. Overall, the flavor intensity and the fruity notes were less intense in the yogurts with the high caseinate ratio than in those with the low ratio. This result was in agreement with the physicochemical measurements, which showed a higher retention of a large majority of aroma compounds of the strawberry flavor in the yogurts with a high caseinate ratio.
Journal of Dairy Science 04/2006; 89(3):922-33. · 2.56 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The integration of olfactory, taste and trigeminal perceptions must be taken into account to better understand the perception of beverages. To do this, seven beverages were formulated to investigate the role of ingredients on trigeminal perception. All mutual interactions between olfactory, gustatory and trigeminal perceptions were studied. Instrumental measurements and sensory evaluation were used to elucidate both physicochemical and sensory interactions. Sensory profiling was conducted according to monadic product presentation, and in vivo aroma release was assessed in the nasal cavities of subjects during beverage consumption.This study further revealed the influence of trigeminal perception on taste and aroma in complex beverages. The addition of CO2 in beverages induced a decrease in sweetness perception, an increase in sourness perception and an enhancement of aroma perception. Physicochemical and/or physical mechanisms (pH, aroma stripping effect) were assumed to be at the origin of these gustatory and olfactory interactions. Furthermore, the addition of mint flavoring enhanced tingling and freshness perceptions, highlighting perceptual interactions. The presence of sugar was shown to decrease the freshness perception but not the tingling perception.
Food Quality and Preference.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/IUFoST:20060611.
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ABSTRACT: The temporal dominance of sensations method showed that four model dairy products had different dynamic profiles in terms of salt and texture perception. We investigated the physical origins of these differences, by studying the breakdown of these products and its impact on salt release. An experimental device was used for monitoring the kinetics of salt release from the food products into water – simulating saliva – after a standardized compression – simulating mastication – independently of the inter and intra individual variability. A mechanistic model was developed to quantify product breakdown in terms of the area of contact between the product and the aqueous phase. Fat had a major influence on breakdown behaviour and the calculated contact area that could be accounted for by the microstructure of the product. These results provide insight into the possible origins of differences in sensory perceptions of foods. We also discussed the use of this mechanistic model for modelling salt release in the conditions of food consumption.
Journal of Food Engineering. 105(1):161-168.
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ABSTRACT: During food consumption, complex oral processing occurs to transform the food into a bolus, ready to be swallowed. The objective of this study was to relate food, saliva and bolus properties, by using model dairy products, to better understand the role of saliva in bolus formation. Un-stimulated and stimulated saliva was collected from 5 subjects and biochemical and enzymatic properties were measured. Food bolus was then obtained from 8 different dairy products, varying in composition and ranging from liquid to gelled samples. The rate of saliva incorporation, pH, spreading ability and bolus rheological properties were determined. Some correlations seemed to exist between lysozyme activity and bolus properties. Subject and food product had a significant effect on almost all bolus properties. The rheology of bolus was highly correlated with food product texture. Even though preliminary, this approach could be used to better understand stimulus release and perception during food consumption.Graphical abstract
Food Hydrocolloids 25(4):659-667. · 3.47 Impact Factor
