APPLICATIONS,
the electronic tongue for taste analysis

The applications of the electronic tongue for evaluating the taste of products are numerous in the industry because taste attributes composing the sensory profile of products are key factors for their success among consumers. Thus, industrials frequently use taste analysis, during the formulation or the product development steps.

An optimized taste analysis with the electronic tongue

The sensory profile and particularly the taste of products have a strong influence on consumers’ choice and preference. The electronic tongue, by providing objective and reproducible taste measurements, is a precious tool to help formulate or develop a new product that will appeal to consumers:

• Recipe optimization to reach a specific taste
• Conception of an innovative product with totally unique taste
• Re-development of product (retro-engineering) to change or improve its savour and taste characteristics
• Benchmarking of competitive products based on their sensory profile and their taste attributes
• Change of manufacturing process or ingredients substitution and evaluation of the impact on product taste
• Evaluation of a new product at different ageing steps to follow-up taste stability over time
• Comparison of different formulations to select the one that best masks an unwanted taste
• Quantitative taste analysis in correlation with a sensory panel.