Question

Hedonic rating test relates to:

• A. Pleasurable or unpleasurable experiences
• B. Comparison of treatments against a predetermined control
• C. The quality food products made from frozen foods
• D. The quality of GM foods

Hint:

The 9-point Hedonic Scale is the most widely used sensory test in the food industry because it is simple for untrained consumers to understand and provides reliable data for product development.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Sensory panels sometimes need to know not just what a food tastes like, but how much people actually enjoy it, and that is exactly what a hedonic test measures. Panelists rate a sample somewhere between disliking it extremely and liking it extremely, most commonly using a 9 point scale, capturing their immediate emotional reaction to the food. This makes the hedonic test fundamentally about pleasurable or unpleasurable experiences rather than a technical comparison against a fixed standard.