1. Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
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Silvana Grandillo, Antonio Granell, Valentine Cottet, M. Jost, Roser Romero del Castillo, Eleonora Saggia Civitelli, Lilian Fontanet, Joan Casals, Mathilde Causse, Antonella Vitiello, Fiorella Sinesio, Maria Cammareri, Patrizia Spigno, Marina Peparaio, Elisabetta Moneta, Brigitte Navez, Samuela Palombieri, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria = Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes (CTIFL), Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes (GAFL), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering, ARCA 2010, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), European Project: 634561,H2020,H2020-SFS-2014-2,TRADITOM(2015), European Commission, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia
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Health (social science) ,Quality management ,Sinesio ,Palombieri ,Saggia Civitelli ,030309 nutrition & dietetics ,Greenhouse ,Fontanet ,Plant Science ,Health Professions (miscellaneous) ,M ,Physicochemical ,Agricultural science ,E ,sensory profile ,Flavor ,media_common ,2. Zero hunger ,0303 health sciences ,CATA ,Sensory profile ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,040401 food science ,L ,Product (business) ,Solanum lycopersicum L ,Landraces ,Geography ,Tomàquets--Varietats ,genotype-by-environment interaction ,S ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Romero del Castillo ,Cammareri ,Sensory system ,TP1-1185 ,Microbiology ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,Perception ,Quality (business) ,Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura::Producció vegetal [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,R ,Fruit quality ,Hedonic rating ,Descriptive statistics ,Moneta ,V ,landraces ,Chemical technology ,fruit quality ,physicochemical ,Peparaio ,Genotype-by-environment interaction ,[SDV.BV.AP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Plant breeding ,F ,Cottet ,Jost ,et al. Sensory Traits and Consumer's Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three Solanum lycopersicum L ,hedonic rating ,[SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition ,Tomatoes--Varieties ,Food Science - Abstract
Consumer dissatisfaction with the flavor quality of many modern fresh market tomato varieties has fostered breeders’ interest in sensory quality improvement, and the demand for traditional varieties, which are generally associated with better flavor. To achieve further knowledge on the factors influencing the sensory quality and consumers’ preferences and perception, European traditional and modern fresh market tomato varieties were grown and evaluated in France, Italy, and Spain. Different growing conditions were tested in France (soilless vs. soil) and in Spain (open field vs. greenhouse), while in Italy fruits were evaluated at two ripening stages. Fruit quality was assessed by integrating physicochemical analyses, sensory profiles, and consumer tests. In all three countries, overall modern varieties were perceived as having more intense “tomato flavor” and “overall flavor” than traditional ones. In France and Spain, consumers’ preferences were more oriented towards modern varieties than traditional ones. Significant growing condition effects were found on sensory and physicochemical traits, while the effect on consumers’ overall liking was not significant, largely depending on the genotype. A fair agreement between product configurations from descriptive analysis by trained assessors and Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) questions by consumers was observed. Penalty-lift analysis based on CATA allowed identifying positive and negative drivers of liking., This research was supported by European Commission H2020 research and innovation program through TRADITOM grant agreement No. 634561.
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- 2021
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