Attila Gere

Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences · Institute of Food Science and Technology

A comprehensive analysis of the volatile components of 11 different cherry tomato pastes (Tesco Extra, Orange, Zebra, Yellow, Round Netherland, Mini San Marzano, Spar truss, Tesco Sunstream, Paprikakertész, Mc Dreamy, and Tesco Eat Fresh) commercially available in Hungary was performed. In order to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the measure...

The planting of inter-row cover vegetation has long been practised in Western European fruit-growing regions, yet research in this area remains limited in many countries. With the rise of organic farming, the role and selection of inter-row cover species are becoming increasingly important. Proper species selection enhances weed control and promote...

Nutritional information on packaging is becoming increasingly important in the food industry. Currently, labels are seen not only on the back of the packaging but also on the front. As there are many versions of front-of-pack labels (FoPLs), the research aims to determine which helps consumers the most in making decisions about which food to includ...

Augmented Virtuality (AV) is a concept that merges components of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), incorporating real elements into a virtual environment. This review analyses the influence of AV technology on sensory science and consumer behaviour, with the potential to improve product evaluation through sensory analysis. The object...

Lipase is one of the most commonly used biocatalysts in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, and can be produced by Yarrowia lipolytica yeast. Despite the intensive studies of lipase from Yarrowia, there are still many open questions regarding the enzyme secretion process, especially by new isolates of this genus as well as the effect...

Biologically active compounds are key-important ingredients of tomato fruits, especially those produced by organic agricultural practices. Being biologically effective soil treatments, microbial inoculants can improve soil quality through a variety of mechanisms. Their activity can influence soil properties and plant development, thereby determinin...

Physical inactivity is considered to be one of the main problems leading to several conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases or diabetes. To combat physical inactivity there have been developed nowadays tools that offer attractive environments and encourage users to practice sport. Virtual Reality is one of the modern tools introducing users in...

Sensory analysis is crucial for optimizing experiences in various fields, including food, cosmetics, and product design. Traditional methods can be inefficient and imprecise. This study introduces a novel approach by blending Virtual Reality (VR) technology with scent identification techniques. The aim is to investigate whether the visual represent...

Background: Chronically ill elderly patients are concerned about losing the personal connection with clinicians in digital encounters and clinicians are concerned about missing nonverbal cues that are important for the diagnosis, thus jeopardizing quality of care. Aims: This study validated the expectations and preferences of chronically ill elderl...

As technology advances in the field of food sciences, the sensory experience of food consumption remains complex and influenced by various factors. Traditional consumer testing, often conducted in isolated booth environments, presents challenges in terms of construct validity and user engagement for perception formation. The growing accessibility a...

Sensory booths enhanced with VR technology have displayed promising potential for improving sensory evaluation, perception research, and educational experiences. However, there remains an insufficient of data on VR's utilization in sensory science. In our research, we designed a virtual sensory booth (SB) utilizing Virtual Reality (VR) to complemen...

Descriptive methods are an essential part of sensory testing protocols. Out of the selection and training of sensory assessors, testing environment and data analyses have also a significant impact on the obtained results. From a methodological point of view, the selection of an appropriate list of sensory terms might be challenging for researchers....

Virtual reality (VR) technology has gained significant attention in various fields, including education for health professionals, sensory science, psychology, and consumer research. The first aim of the paper is to explore the self-assessed experience of emotional involvement in sensory analysis performed in VR. The Positive and Negative Affect Sch...

Choosing the proper hierarchical clustering algorithm and number of clusters is always a key question in consumer sensory projects. In many cases, researchers do not publish any reason why it was chosen a given distance measure and linkage rule along with cluster numbers. The reason behind this could be that different cluster validation and compari...

Microencapsulation is an up-and-coming technology for maintaining the viability of probiotics. However, the effect of core-to-wall ratios and ratios of polysaccharides on the protection of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v strain has not been deeply discussed. Lyophilization of the Lp. plantarum 299v strain was conducted, and different core-to...

Playing ethnic music in restaurants increases consumer experience. Studies show, furthermore, that ethnic congruence of music and food affects food selection but not the liking of customers. An eye-tracking study was completed with 104 participants to uncover if there is an effect of ethnic music on selecting ethnic foods. German, Hungarian, Italia...

The viability of probiotics is strictly influenced by the production, storage, and digestion, while microencapsulation is a technology that can protect them against harsh environments. In this study, the impact of different core-to-wall ratios and wall material formulations on physical properties and the cell number of the microcapsules were invest...

This study was conducted to evaluate three different food products containing cricket powder for consumer acceptability, emotional response, satiety, and plate waste. US untrained consumers (n = 108), from the San Luis Obispo, CA area, were recruited to evaluate three food products (sausage, pasta, and brownies) as components in a three-course meal...

Plant genetic resources (PGRs) serving as a wide genetic pool of tomato germplasm can provide a solid base for recent breeding efforts to increase consumer acceptance towards the taste and the phytonutrient properties of novel tomato varieties. Old varieties and landraces were abandoned by producers due to unfavorable phenotypic characteristics; ho...

Communication of clinicians at the emergency department is a barrier to patient satisfaction due to lack of human connection, lack of control over the situation, low health literacy, deficient information, poor support at a time of uncertainty all affecting perceived quality of care. This explorative study tests drivers of patient satisfaction with...

Environmental stimuli can have a significant impact on our decisions. Elements of the store atmosphere, such as music, lights and smells, all have effects on choices, but these have been only vaguely investigated. In the present study, we aim to uncover the effect of strawberry scent on the gazing behavior and choices of the 62 recruited participan...

A TAS2R38 keserű íz érzékeléséért felelős receptor-gén polimorfizmusai bimodális receptor választ váltanak ki a populációban a feniltiokarbamid, illetve a 6-n-propiltiouracil érzékelése során. A feniltiokarbamiddal és a 6-n-propiltiouracillal szembeni érzékenység genetikai eltérései irodalmi adatok alapján befolyásolhatják a testösszetételt, az éle...

Polymorphisms of TAS2R38 gene responsible for bitter taste perception elicit a bimodal receptor response in the population upon the detection of phenylthiocarbamide and 6-n-propylthiouracil, respectively. Genetic differences in sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide and 6-n-propylthiouracil may affect body composition, food preferences, and frequency o...

Predicting the success of National Football League drafts has always been an exciting issue for the teams, fans and even for scientists. Among the numerous approaches, one of the best techniques is to ask the opinion of sport experts, who have the knowledge and past experiences to rate the drafts of the teams. When asking a set of sport experts to...

While there are emerging technologies in food sciences, food consumption is still a comprehensive sensory experience affected by many factors. Traditional consumer testing has a drawback in that isolated booth environments lack construct validity and user participation in perception formation. Virtual reality (VR) technology, which has grown increa...

Perceived food product quality incorporates several elements which are related to the human senses. According to the Institution of Food Technologists (IFT), sensory evaluation is a scientific method for evoking, measuring, analysing, and interpreting those responses to products as perceived through the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hea...

This chapter presents an approach to understanding the importance of connected aspects of a topic, such as the relevance of issues for global change or for sustainable agriculture. The approach, Mind Genomics, identifies a specific topic, creates a battery of related questions which in concert “tell a story,” requires the researcher to provides sev...

Insects are gaining more and more space in food and feed sectors, creating an intense scientific interest towards insects as food ingredients. Several papers deal with cereal-based products complemented by insect powder in the past few years. However, adulteration and quality control of such products present some hot topics for researchers, e.g., h...

Insects may potentially provide an alternative protein source. However, consumers may not easily accept insects due to feelings of disgust. Therefore, identifying early adopters of insect-based food products may determine their future acceptance. This study was conducted to (1) identify early adopter Mind-Sets of insect-based food products, (2) det...

Although penalty analysis has been used for product development for many years, its application is less widespread. Penalty analysis provides a quick and easy way to identify those sensory attributes that significantly influence consumers' preferences. The information provided helps food product developers to focus on key sensory attributes and wit...

We present the research methodology that generates an integrated database of the mind of a dairy consumer, regarding nine different dairy products. The set of studies deals with a variety of end products, presenting alternative messages about each product. Respondents rate combinations of messages, that is, vignettes, which are created using an adv...

Abstract Background Physical distancing contains the corona virus, but compliance with physical distancing across religious minorities in Israel has been shown to be relatively poorer than in the majority population. This study tests the power of messages as drivers of willingness to comply with physical distancing across religious minorities in Is...

The right messaging plays an important role in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. The present study aims at uncovering the way people think about governmental measures against COVID-19. Two hundred and sixteen Hungarians participated in this on-line study. A conjoint-based experimental design was used to reveal the power of messages as drive...

The determination of an optimal volatile sampling procedure is always a key question in analytical chemistry. In this paper, we introduce the application of a novel non-parametric statistical method, the sum of ranking differences (SRD), for the quick and efficient determination of optimal sampling procedures. Different types of adsorbents (Porapak...

Purpose Hungarian economy went through substantial changes in the past few decades and hypermarkets gained high popularity among customers, therefore profiling Hungarian hypermarket shoppers is essential to understand their behavior. Design/methodology/approach The paper investigates the profile of Hungarian hypermarket shoppers based on a wide qu...

At both global and national levels, COVID-19 caused huge changes both in politics and economics, including the agricultural sector and the food industry, from producers, manufacturers, and traders to consumers. Since March 2020, many restrictions and protective measures were introduced worldwide, which only began to be relaxed in the last weeks of...

In the last decade, bread consumption was decreasing in Hungary (from 44.5 kg to 34.4 kg/capita). Our aim is to identify the factors influencing the consumption of different bread and bakery products, using the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ). FCQ is frequently used to explore factors (e.g., price, packaging, etc.) influencing the purchase of diffe...

In the last decade, bread consumption shows a decreasing tendency in Hungary (from 44.5 kg/capita to 34.4 kg/capita between 2010 and 2018). Our aim is to identify and explore the factors influencing the consumption of bread and bakery products, including whole grain breads, using the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ). FCQ is frequently used in intern...

Binary similarity measures have been used in several research fields, but their application in sensory data analysis is limited as of yet. Since check-all-that-apply (CATA) data consist of binary answers from the participants, binary similarity measures seem to be a natural choice for their evaluation. This work aims to define the discrimination ab...

Virtual reality (VR) offers a new instrument for food scientists to evaluate different aspects of food products. The possible applications range from product design testing, evaluation of the labels, effects of different placements or the evaluation of store layouts. These analyses help us to get a deeper understanding of consumers' minds. Addition...

In food product development, as in all new product development, time is money. This is the first book that describes and explains food development from the point of view of the consumer rather than from the top down approach. Innovative development starts with the consumers and makes use of new disrupting technologies to describe the process. Combi...

In food product development, as in all new product development, time is money. This is the first book that describes and explains food development from the point of view of the consumer rather than from the top down approach. Innovative development starts with the consumers and makes use of new disrupting technologies to describe the process. Combi...

In food product development, as in all new product development, time is money. This is the first book that describes and explains food development from the point of view of the consumer rather than from the top down approach. Innovative development starts with the consumers and makes use of new disrupting technologies to describe the process. Combi...

The contrast sensitivity of normal and anomalous trichromats were examined with Landolt-C figures by eye-tracking system. For the measurements, two series of test images (achromatic and colored) were designed. The difficulty levels of the tests were gradually increased after each right answer. In the case of the observation of the ring of the Lando...

Key message LC-MS based metabolomics approach revealed that putative metabolites other than flavonoids may significantly contribute to the sexual compatibility reactions in Prunus armeniaca. Possible mechanisms on related microtubule-stabilizing effects are provided. Abstract Identification of metabolites playing crucial roles in sexual incompatib...

In the above mentioned publication, Figure 3 was incorrect as the panels for SC and SI cultivars were transposed. The original article has been corrected and the proper version of Figure 3 is also published here.

In recent decades, eye-movement detection technology has improved significantly, and eye-trackers are available not only as standalone research tools but also as computer peripherals. This rapid spread gives further opportunities to measure the eye-movements of participants. The current paper provides classification models for the prediction of foo...

Approaching customers with the right message has always been a key objective of companies selling products and services. Achieving this target demands understanding what customers think about specific ideas and messages, determining whether there are different mind-sets for the same topic, and if there are, assigning people to the right mind-set. T...

Drying is one of the oldest methods for food preservation that removes the water from fruit and make it available for consumption throughout the year. Dried fruits can be produced by small- and large- scale processors, which makes them a very popular food among consumers and food manufacturers. The most frequent use of the drying technology include...

Entomophagy was typical in the prehistoric times and is still an integral part of the gastronomy of more than a hundred countries. Recently, many researches were published in the field of edible insects and their possible role in human and livestock nutrition, as well as in product development. More than 2000 edible species are known: bugs, ants, w...

In the last few decades, convenience has become one of the most important factors for consumers. Therefore, food products that take a short time to prepare are gaining in popularity. The aim of this study was to develop a gluten-free egg-pie product which is quick-frozen in pre-baked form and remains usable for a long time. Besides, it satisfies va...

A hazai táplálkozási és tápláltsági állapot felmérések alapján a lakosság 62%-a túlsúlyos vagy elhízott. Ennek, és más táplálkozással és életmóddal összefüggő faktorok (pl. magas zsírfogyasztás, alacsony élelmi rost fogyasztás, mozgásszegény életmód, stressz) következtében a leggyakoribb halálokok a szív-és érrendszeri és daganatos megbetegedések....

Public compliance with social distancing is key to containing COVID-19, yet there is a lack of knowledge on which communication ‘messages’ drive compliance. Respondents (224 Canadians and Americans) rated combinations of messages about compliance, systematically varied by an experimental design. Independent variables were perceived risk; the agent...

Sweeteners of natural sources, such as sugar alcohols, are in the centre of growing interest. Their impact on the phytochemicals, antioxidant and sensory properties of blackberry jams were investigated during a 9-months storage period. Measurements on jams prepared with different sugars and sugar alcohols (sucrose, fructose, xylitol and erythritol)...

Finding optimal solutions usually requires multicriteria optimization. The sum of ranking differences (SRD) algorithm can efficiently solve such problems. Its principles and earlier applications will be discussed here, along with meta-analyses of papers published in various subfields of food science, such as analytics in food chemistry, food engine...

Respondents evaluated combinations of messages about the emerging technology of cultured meat, these messages created to be meaningful to a non-technical person, and dealing with the sensory, technical, and sociological aspects of cultured meat. The data suggest that the respondent does not understand what cultured meat ‘means’, and may agree with...

Respondents evaluated combinations of messages about the emerging technology of cultured meat, these messages created to be meaningful to a non-technical person, and dealing with the sensory, technical, and sociological aspects of cultured meat. The data suggest that the respondent does not understand what cultured meat ‘means’, and may agree with...

Insect-containing products are gaining more space in the market. Bakery products are one of the most promising since the added ground insects can enhance not only the nutritional quality of the dough, but technological parameters and sensory properties of the final products. In the present research, different amounts of ground Acheta domesticus (ho...

Two groups of 51 US respondents each evaluated combinations of statements about the problems and solutions that a country might face. The two studies were run a year apart, May 2019 (before the Covid-19 pandemic) and May 2020 (at the then current height of the pandemic). The problems and solutions were combined by experimental design, creating a un...

The paper introduces the science and process of Mind Genomics as a process by which to reveal the mind of prospects regarding the factors surrounding insurance, specifically insurance that the home contractor will complete the project satisfactorily. The objective is to uncover the existence and nature of groups of people sharing the same point of...

Coffee quality, and therefore its price, is determined by coffee species and varieties, geographic location, the method used to process green coffee beans, and particularly the care taken during coffee production. Determination of coffee quality is often done by the nondestructive and fast near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), which provides a huge am...

The authentication and quality assurance of snack products have become important, since these convenience foods are popular in the modern lifestyle. Near infrared spectroscopy with machine learning algorithms can be used for the determination of qualitative properties of these products. Our study focuses on the determination of four important quali...

In the past few decades, several negative aspects of excess meat consumption have been identified, ranging broadly from health to environment to consumer rejections of meat analogs. At the same time, however, several new meat alternatives have emerged such as algae, insects, and cultured meat, which all present a sustainable option to reduce meat c...

We demonstrate the knowledge-development power of the emerging science of Mind Genomics, doing so by a study of appeals to fund a wind-power project in Texas. The paper focuses on the method, analyses, results, and application of the findings, showing what can be learned and implemented with the easy-to-do and affordable, iterated studies offered b...