Course overview:-

This course is designed to provide students with a basic ability of product development and sensory evaluation. Food product development and sensory evaluation is designed to successfully produce food prototypes or food concepts, formulate products by preparing laboratory samples and sourcing raw materials, develop formulations to meet targets, run different sensory test methods and statistically analyze all data from sensory tests. The course include product development processes, developing strategies, stages of product development, the consumers in product development, shelf life and safety issues, sensory physiology, sensory attributes and ways of perception, consumer- and product- oriented testing, factors influencing sensory judgment, basic description and application of sensory test methods, sensory data analysis and interpretation, computer laboratory and desk discussion.