Correlation of Descriptive and Consumer Panel Flavor Ratings for Commercial Prestirred Strawberry and Lemon Yogurts

Abstract

Objectives of this study were to deter- mine consumer,and trained descriptive panel ratings for strawberry and lemon yogurts and to examine the interrelation- ship of the panels in order to understand and quantify flavor differences among commercial yogurts. Fourteen brands of strawberry and , dis- tinct groups of descriptors: one associ- ated with fruity and sweet character and the other related to plain yogurt and sourness attributes. Consumer,overall liking was based on fruit flavor, sweet- ness, and sourness liking, and balance between sweetness and sourness in the samples. Male and female liking ratings were characterized by very different pat- terns. principal component,analysis re- vealed high consumer acceptability cor- responding,to,fruity and,sweetness characteristics and lower consumer,ac- ceptability ratings for samples rated high