Table 1.
Sensory attributes and corresponding references for panellist training.
| Type | Attribute name | Reference standard |
|---|---|---|
| Aroma | Floral | Dried Celestial Seasonings chamomile tea |
| Green/vegetative | Cut fresh cucumber and snap peas, green beans | |
| Nutty | Hazelnut oil | |
| Taste | Bitter | 0.1% caffeine solution |
| Salty | 0.15% iodized salt solution | |
| Sour | 1.25% citric acid solution | |
| Sweet | 2% sucrose solution | |
| Flavour by mouth | Ashy | Spent Camel cigarette ash |
| Berry | Mixed frozen berries defrosted | |
| Black pepper | Ground black pepper | |
| Black tea | Lipton brewed black tea | |
| Brothy | 1 tsp Better than Bouillion vegetable stock in hot water | |
| Brown roast | Starbucks French roast coffee | |
| Brown spice | Equal parts dried ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves | |
| Brown sugar | Signature Select light brown sugar | |
| Cereal | Unsweetened Chex breakfast cereal | |
| Citrus | Sliced lemon and grapefruit | |
| Dark chocolate | Hershey’s Cocoa Powder, 90% Ghirardelli dark chocolate | |
| Dark green | Green Giant cut green beans | |
| Dried fruit | Sunsweet dried prune and prune juice | |
| Earthy | Wet potting soil | |
| Fermented | GT’s Enlightened Organic Raw Unflavored Kombucha | |
| Fresh green | Cut fresh cucumber and snap peas | |
| Fruity | Tree Top Applesauce | |
| Molasses | Grandma’s Original Molasses | |
| Nutty | Equal parts raw hazelnut, almond, walnut, and cashew, well mixed | |
| Papery/musty | Damp cardboard | |
| Rubber | Rubber band, pencil eraser | |
| Smoky | Wright’s liquid smoke | |
| Tobacco | Camel cigarette tobacco | |
| Woody | Wood chips, cedar ball | |
| Mouthfeel | Astringent | 2% alum solution |
| Viscous (body) | 5% starch solution |
Bolded references were aqueous solutions (mass percent) consumed by mouth; all others were aroma references.