IDENTIFYING DATA 2018_19
Subject (*) SENSORY ANALYSIS OF FOOD Code 13675241
Study programme
Nutrition and Metabolism (2012)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional AN
Language
Castellà
Department Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Coordinator
BRAVO VÁZQUEZ, FRANCISCA ISABEL
E-mail montserrat.riu@urv.cat
mariaelvira.lopez@urv.cat
franciscaisabel.bravo@urv.cat
Lecturers
RIU AUMATELL, MONTSERRAT
LÓPEZ TAMAMES, MARIA ELVIRA
BRAVO VÁZQUEZ, FRANCISCA ISABEL
Web http://www.ub.edu/grad/plae/AccesInformePD?curs=2018&codiGiga=569320&idioma=CAT&recurs=publicacio
General description and relevant information Subject taught by the URV. Introduce the student to food assessment techniques through the senses and give these scientific validity.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
  Common
  Professional
  Research
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  Common
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  Common

Learning aims
Objectives Competences

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Organoleptic quality of food. Introduction to sensory analysis. Definitions and fields of application. Organoleptic quality of foods and relationship with instrumental and sensory measurements.
2. Neurophysiology of perception. Mechanism of perception, senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch). Sensory thresholds, factors affecting perception chain.
3. Methodological aspects of sensory analysis. Environment, tests, panellist, and statistical analysis. 3.1. Sensory testing approach: objectives and characteristics of trials. Direction of tests.
3.2 Judges, selection and training.
3.3. Environment in sensory analysis: tasting room, simple preparation and presentation.
3.4. Types of sensory test: affective, discriminatory and descriptive.
3.5 Statistical analysis of sensory experiments.
3.6. Consumer Studies. Methodology, characteristics of panelists.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
0 0 0
 
 
Personal attention
0 0 0
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities
Personal attention

Personalized attention
 
Personal attention
Description
Elvira López Tamames e.lopez.tamames@ub.edu Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, Faculty of Pharmacy

Assessment
  Description Weight
 
Other comments and second exam session

Only call

To qualify for the only call, a joint resolution of a case study and a written test about knowledge acquire consisting of 4-6 short answer is compulsory. The test date will be agreed by the Master's coordination Commission.

Students wanting to benefit from the only call system must inform teachers and sign a commitment maximum one week after the start of classes.

If a student fails the evaluation he will be eligible for re-evaluation.

During the exams, all devices that aren't authorized for the test must be switched off and stored. Performing a fraudulent activity during an exam, including material, virtual or electronic support will lead to the failing of the test. With independence of this, taking into account the gravity of the facts, the centre will propose the initiation of disciplinary expedient which will be initiated according to the resolution of the chancellor.


Sources of information

Basic Anzaldúa-Morales A., La evaluación sensorial de los alimentos en la teoría y la práctica, Zaragoza: Acribia, 1994
Fortin J, Desplancke C., Guía de selección y entrenamiento de un panel de catadores, Zaragoza: Acribia, DL 2001
Ibáñez Moya FC, Barcina Angulo Y. (eds.), Análisis Sensorial de Alimentos: métodos y Aplicaciones, Barcelona: Springer, cop. 2001
Meilgaard M, Civille GV, Carr BT, editors, Sensory evaluation techniques, 2a ed. Boca Ratón: CRC Press, 1991
, Foodnet Base, CRC Ed.,
Sancho Valls J, Bota E, de Castro JJ, Introducción al análisis sensorial de los alimentos, Universidad de Barcelona, 1999
Spence C, Piqueras-Fiszman B, The Perfect meal: the multisensory science of food and dining, Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2014
Cudeiro Mazaira FG, Paladear con el cerebro, Ed. CSIC, 2012

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(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.