TRAINING A SENSORY TEXTURE PROFILE PANEL AND DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD RATING SCALES IN COLOMBIA

Two texture profile panels and two panel leaders were trained in the General Foods Sensory Texture Profiling Technique in Colombia using Colombian foods as reference points on the standard rating scales. The texture profiling technique adapted to Colombian conditions very successfully. The trained texture profile panel is now playing an essential part in the development of protein-fortified staple foods of acceptable textural quality for Colombia.