Sensory assessment of fish and fish products

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Sensory assessment of fish and fish products

Our sensory laboratory is registered and approved by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration as a food business operator. Apart from our well-equipped test kitchen, we also have a panel of trained sensory judges in our toolbox. The laboratory is DANAK accredited and includes a sensory judging room with 18 individual boxes that follow the specification of DS/EN ISO 8589.

If you need a sensory assessment of your products in connection with recipe or process optimization, preparing product prototypes, or assessing the utilization of side streams, a professional sensory panel may be the solution.

A professional sensory panel can:

  1. Describe and quantify the products' most prominent characteristics
  2. Test for differences when changing e.g., process conditions or raw material supplier
  3. Perform sensory shelf-life testing (with an option of linking to microbiological analyses)
  4. Evaluate products during a product development phase and thereby guide the development (with an option of testing recipes on a pilot plant scale)

Our panel has many years of experience with ISO 4120 triangle testing and ISO 13299/ISO 4121 sensory profiling. Both the panel and the laboratory are accredited under DANAK.

Case story

In collaboration with the Norwegian ingredient developer Aker BioMarine Understory AS, the sensory panel at DTI has contributed to the optimized use of a side stream from the fishing industry. The side stream was subjected to varying processing steps with the aim of removing off-flavour. The panel assessed the effect of the various processes, and the sensory data was used as a starting point for the next step in the optimization.

‘Aker BioMarine Understory AS has been working with the sensory panel at DTI for several years, being very satisfied with the overall competence and diligence of the sensory panel at DTI. Through excellent guidance and communication, our research needs are translated into sensory evaluations, delivered in a swift and timely manner.’
Diana Lindberg, Principal scientist, Aker BioMarine Understory AS.

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