Sociedade de Estudos de Analise Sensorial a Produtos Alimentares (ST)

Sociedade de Estudos de Análise Sensorial a Produtos Alimentares, Lda., operating since 2000, was the first Portuguese company fully devoted to sensory analysis. Targeting the Agro-food sector, Sense Test aims to support different economic operators, from food producers to retailers. Sense Test offers a wide range of sensory tools: descriptive, comparative and acceptance tests; quality attributes analysis and definition; sensory shelf-life evaluation; and use and training of expert tasters for detailed technical sensorial tests, among others. Sense Test acquired broad experience in project management and collaborative research through the participation as full partner in national publicly funded research projects. Main task for Sense Test will be to design the sensory profiling tests to characterize the different insect containing food products to be produced, as well as evaluation of liking scores and acceptance and to set up the home usage testing.