Conclusion and outlook

For over 60 years, sensory evaluation methods have been used to ensure acceptable, reproducible product quality. Today, these methods represent the basis of an evolving science, with constant exchanges between academia and industry. These exchanges between research and development have led to the establishment of international procedures for these methods, as well as appropriate statistical tools.

Since the 2000s, variants of conventional sensory methods have been developed by various teams. Their objectives are manifold: for example, to be faster (flash profile