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. 2014 Jun 16;4(2):313–330. doi: 10.3390/ani4020313

Table 3.

Aroma and appearance profiles from descriptive analysis (0–15 scale).

Aroma profile from descriptive analysis (0–15 scale)
Sample # A B C D E F G H
Atribute
Ashy 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0
Barnyard 3.0 5.0 3.0 5.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.5
Broth 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 0.0
Brown 3.0 2.0 2.5 0.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 0.0
Burnt 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cardboard 3.0 4.0 2.5 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0
Cooked 2.0 3.0 2.5 5.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0
Dusty/Earthy 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
Fish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0
Grain 3.0 2.5 3.0 0.0 4.0 2.5 3.0 3.0
Liver 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
Meaty 3.5 0.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0
Musty/Dusty 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 0.0 2.5
Oily 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
Oxodized Oil 2.5 2.5 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 3.0
Plastic 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Soy 2.5 0.0 1.5 3.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Smokey 2.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
Spice Brown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Spice Complex 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Stale 2.5 2.0 2.5 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Starchy 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Straw-like 1.5 2.0 2 2.5 0.0 2.0 2.5 2.0
Toasted 1.5 0.0 1.5 4 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0
VegetableCompl. 2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vitamin 2.0 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 0.0
Brown color Nd * 6.0 Nd * 7.0 7.0 12.0 12.0 3.5
Shape Misc. Nugget Misc. Round Nugget Square Nugget Nugget
Color Uniformity ** Uniformity ** Uniformity ** nd 99% nd 70% 99% 98% 98% 98%
Shape Uniformity ** nd 93% nd 60% 80% 95% 85% 95%
Size Uniformity ** nd 0.95% nd 80% 80% 90% 90% 98%
Surface Roughness nd 6.5 nd 2.0 6.0 2.0 5.0 3.0
Porous nd 6.0 nd 2.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 3.5
Oily nd 3.0 nd 5.0 2.0 3.0 2.5 2.0
Grainy nd 4.0 nd 2.0 4.5 1.5 6.0 4.0
Fibrous nd 2.0 nd 2.0 2.0 1.5 4.5 2.0

* Data relative to appearance of sample composed by multiple different kibbles (A and C ) are not shown. ** uniformity scores expressed as percentages.