Practical Taste And Odor Methods Of Routine Operations

This report tested 3 new sensory methods, developed using food-beverage industry product evaluations The three are:. Attribute Rating Test to monitor musty odor caused by geosmin; Rating Method for Evaluating Distribution-System Odors in Comparison to a Control; and 2-of-5 Odor Test - a forced choice method. All are simple, yet reliable, taste-and-odor evaluation methods that can be used for day-to-day monitoring and can replace or work along side exciting FPA and TON tests.