Hedonic Scale Report
Hedonic Scale Report
Members
Luis David Palacio
Ferney Monsalve
Luis Andres Tellez
Presented to
Libiandy Miranda
OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the practice, the student will be able to evaluate the degree of acceptance of
3 drinks, determine if there are differences between them in terms of their acceptance, as follows
as well as identifying the factors that affect the acceptance of a product to
another.
Written hedonic scale
Introduction
Affective tests are those in which the judge expresses their reaction.
subjective towards the product, indicating whether they like it or dislike it, whether they accept it or not
rejects, or if you prefer another. These tests are the ones that present the most
variability in the results and these are the most difficult to interpret. It is
it is necessary to determine whether one wishes to simply evaluate preference or degree of
satisfaction, or if one also wants to know what the acceptance is that it has
product among consumers. In this latter case, the questionnaires must be
contain not only questions about the sensory appreciation of food, but also
also others aimed at knowing whether the person would wish to acquire the
product.
Affective tests can be classified into three types:
Preference tests, degree of satisfaction tests, and tests of
Acceptance. Satisfaction degree tests are used when they are needed.
evaluate more than two samples at once or when you want to obtain more
information about a product. To carry out these tests, the following are used
hedonic scales. Hedonic scales can be verbal or graphic, and the
The choice of scale type depends on the age of the judges and the number of
samples to be evaluated.
Materials
Samples for analysis 3 different drinks (green drink, tropical, summer.)
Marker
Glasses
Written hedonic scale
Water
Questionnaires
Interpretation of results
Attribute test
Drink 5467
The following is the data from the test conducted on the first drink.
attributes Code of the Extremely Extremely
sample unpleasant pleasant
Color 5467 3 judges 12 judges
Smell 5467 4 judges 11 judges
Flavor 5467 14 judges 1 judges
Drink 3782
attributes Code of the Extremely Extremely
sample unpleasant pleasant
Color 3782 6 judges 9 judges
Smell 3782 7 judges 8 judges
Flavor 3782 10 judges 5 judges
Drink 6251
attributes Code of the Extremely Extremely
sample unpleasant pleasant
Color 6251 7 judges 8 judges
Smell 6251 9 judges 6 judges
Flavor 6251 14 judges 1 judges
Analysis of results
5467
3 judges rated it as extremely unpleasant
12 judges rated it extremely pleasant
Working within a range of preference, the judges determined that the
drink 5467 is extremely pleasant, in its color
Drink 5467 preference scent
4 judges rated it as extremely unpleasant.
11 judges rated it as extremely pleasant
By establishing a range of preference, the judges determined that the drink
5467 is extremely pleasant in its smell
Drink 5467 flavor preference
14 judges rated it as extremely unpleasant
1 judge qualified as extremely pleasant
By establishing a range of preference, the judges determined that the drink
5467 is extremely unpleasant in its taste, being the most
important when qualifying the product
Conclusions
When conducting the written hedonic test to determine the degree of preference and
acceptance of the drinks, we obtained a series of results that provided us
the judges, these results indicated that the drinks are not satisfactory, and
It is necessary to take measures to correct these discrepancies regarding your
flavor.