This session explores the science of sensory evaluation and consumer-driven food product development. It covers taste, aroma, texture, appearance, mouthfeel, consumer preference testing, market research, product formulation, shelf-life testing and acceptance studies. The session also highlights how sensory science supports innovation, branding, reformulation, clean-label development and successful commercialization of food products.



Title : Sustainable agriculture and the environment: An ethical perspective
Robert L Zimdahl, Colorado State University, United States
Title : Sociocultural architecture of the food system for socially vulnerable groups: Institutional structure, resource of restored degraded lands, state support
Viktor Fedorovich Stukach, Omsk State Agrarian University, Russian Federation