| Title: | Consumer studies on sensory acceptability of boar taint: a review |
| Address: | "IRTA-Monells, Granja Camps i Armet, 17121 Monells (Girona), Spain. maria.font@irta.cat" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.05.009 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-4138 (Electronic) 0309-1740 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Boar taint can be found in meat from boars and affects consumer acceptability of pork. The aim of this review is: (1) to describe different aspects of the existing methodologies used in consumer studies when evaluating boar taint from a sensory point of view, (2) to draw conclusions on different studies regarding the acceptability of meat from entire males, and (3) to discuss a possible harmonization of the different aspects to be considered when performing consumer studies on boar taint. This paper focuses on different aspects of studies previously carried out such as the country of assessment, the location of the test, the cooking procedure, the type of meat samples evaluated, the attributes and scales used, consumer profile, the results obtained, and the effect of androstenone sensitivity of the consumers on boar meat acceptability. A discussion on the possibility of a harmonization of the different aspects is also performed and final remarks and considerations have been drawn" |
| Keywords: | Androstenes/adverse effects/analysis Animal Husbandry Animals *Consumer Behavior Cooking/methods Female *Food Contamination Food Inspection/methods Humans Male Meat/*analysis Meat Products/analysis Meat-Packing Industry/methods Odorants Orchiectomy/veteri; |
| Notes: | "MedlineFont-i-Furnols, Maria eng Review England 2012/06/12 Meat Sci. 2012 Dec; 92(4):319-29. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.05.009. Epub 2012 May 24" |
