How do consumers perceive sensory attributes of apple?

Drkenda, Pakeza (author), Ćulah, Asmira (author), Spaho, Nermina (author), Akagić, Asima (author), Hudina, Metka (author)

Pomological characteristics and consumer acceptability of four scab-resistant apple cultivars ('Topaz', 'Florina', 'Goldstar' and 'Golden Orange') and standard commercial cultivar 'Golden Delicious' were investigated. Consumer acceptability consisted of rating fruit samples on Likert scales measuring appearance, flavour, size, sweetness, acidity, crispiness, juiciness, skin texture and general impression. Consumers better evaluated the cultivar 'Topaz' sensory characteristics of flavour, juiciness, taste and general impression than other evaluated scab-resistant apple cultivars and the cultivar 'Golden Delicious'. 'Golden Delicious' got good grades for appearance, size and sweetness. 'Topaz' also had the best pomological characteristic related to measured fruit firmness, contents of soluble solids and organic acids. It can be concluded that only the cultivar 'Topaz' among the scab-resistant apple cultivars achieved a good consumer assessment.

• Language: English
• Keywords: consumer assessment, firmness, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, overall impression
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 12 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 10, iss. 11, art. 2667
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132771
• UDC: 634.1/.7
• ISSN on article: 2304-8158
• DOI: 10.3390/foods10112667
• COBISS.SI-ID: 83197955
• Publication date in RUL: 03.11.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Foods
• Shortened title: Foods
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2304-8158
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512252472

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 02.11.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: jabolka, trdnost, senzorične lastnosti, ocena potrošnikov, okus, pomološke lastnosti, splošni vtis, titrabilna kislost, vsebnost topnih trdnih snovi

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry
• Name: Introduction of new fruit genotypes in the area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P4-0013
• Name: Hortikultura