Course detail

Sensory Food Analysis

FCH-BC_SAPAcad. year: 2025/2026

This course is focused on the problematic of sensory evaluation, also evaluation using human senses. At first students will be informed about theoretical principles of physiology and psychology of perception and about function of single human sensory organs. At the second part the practical performance of sensory evaluation will be discussed in detail: requirements for assessors, process of evaluation, suitable conditions for evaluation, suitable methods etc. Finally the possibilities of application of sensory evaluation in food practice are briefly noticed.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Eva Vítová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (ÚCHPBT)

Entry knowledge

Food technology - characteristics of food industry, brief base of particular food manufactures.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Conditions for awarding the graded course-unit credit:
a) written part - 10 questions focused on all areas of sensory analysis, ability of practical applications
b) oral part - possible supplementary questions

Regular consulting meetings.

Aims

The objective of the course is to make students familiar with complex problematic of sensory analysis with main focus on sensory evaluation of food.
Students will acquire the basic knowledge of modern scientific branch - sensory analysis, they will be able to prepare and make simple evaluation of food or cosmetics samples.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Pokorný J., Valentová H., Panovská Z. Senzorická analýza potravin. Skripta. VŠCHT Praha, 1998. (CS)

Type of course unit

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Eva Vítová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. The term "sensory analysis", history
2. Human senses - perception process
3. Anatomy of single human sensory organs - vision
4. Anatomy of single human sensory organs - hearing
5. Anatomy of single human sensory organs - smell
6. Anatomy of single human sensory organs - taste
7. Anatomy of single human sensory organs - touch
8. Requirements for sensory evaluation - human assessors
9. Requirements for sensory evaluation - equipment of sensory laboratory, preparation and submitting of samples
10. The overview of sensory methods – discrimination methods
11. The overview of sensory methods – descriptive methods
12. Sensory quality of foods
13. Process of sample evaluation