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Food Processing Development Centre |
Food Processing Development Centre
6309 - 45 Street
Leduc, Alberta
CANADA T9E 7C5
Phone: (780) 980-4873
Fax: (780) 986-5138
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Consumer Product Testing Centre | Consumer Product Testing Centre
Seventh Street Plaza
106, 10030 - 107 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA T5J 3E4
Phone: (780) 415-6268
Fax: (780) 415-6270 |
The Sensory Evaluation Centre aims to enhance Alberta's value-added food industry through the provision of comprehensive sensory evaluation services, which include both consumer acceptability and trained panel testing. In this highly aggressive marketplace, where 80-90% of all new food products fail, sensory evaluation is an invaluable tool to help the food industry manage risk. How?
Trained panels can be used by researchers and industry to assess the effect of ingredients and processes on their product initially and over time by measuring human responses that cannot be predicted by chemical or instrumental measures.
Consumer panels can be used to measure product acceptability and can provide information about specific product attributes such as flavour, appearance, texture and packaging. Consumer acceptance is the ultimate determinant of a product's success in the marketplace.
The Sensory Evaluation Centre is one unit of the Food Processing Development Division of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Each of our four units is uniquely situated to provide research and development facilities for agri-food processing companies, or those interested in non-food uses for agricultural products.
Food Processing Development Centre
Food Science and Technology Centre
Assurance of Confidentiality
To protect and respect the interest of its clients, the Sensory Evaluation Centre holds all its client services in strict confidence. |
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