Sensory texture of date fruits as a function of physicochemical properties and its use in date classification

V. Singh*, N. Guizani, I. Al-Zakwani, Q. Al-Shamsi, A. Al-Alawi, M. S. Rahman

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Abstract

Eight descriptive sensory textural attributes of whole date fruit were evaluated by twenty trained panel members and correlated with sixteen physicochemical properties. All sensory parameters, except gumminess, significantly correlated (P<0.05) with pectin, crude fibre, and moisture content. In addition, sensory hardness, cohesiveness, elasticity, and resilience correlated significantly with length of whole fruit (P<0.05), sensory adhesiveness with glucose content (P<0.05), sensory chewiness with mass of whole fruit (P<0.05), and sensory gumminess with fructose, glucose, and total sugar content (P<0.10). Sweetness, however, correlated only with moisture content (P<0.05). CA and the biplot (i.e. including all products, their sensory texture and physicochemical attributes) generated through PCA recognized three groups of dates as hard-chewy, soft-(medium-chewy), and soft-(nonadhesive).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-125
Number of pages7
JournalActa Alimentaria
Volume44
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2015

Keywords

  • Classification
  • Date
  • Moisture
  • PCA
  • Sensory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science

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