Exploratory study of potato cultivar differences in sensory and hedonistic applicability tests

Stine Kreutzmann, Marc Bent Renè Bassompierre, Anette Kistrup Thybo, Lars Buch, Søren Balling Engelsen

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    Abstract

    From a potato cultivar breeding database including 2,143 named cultivars and clones, 11 cultivars that spanned the major variation in cultivar quality were selected for subsequent sensory and hedonistic applicability tests. A tailor-made sensory profile of the cultivars was developed for four different cooking procedures: boiled, mashed, oven-fried and oven-cooked potatoes. A sensory profile consisted of the four to five most important sensory attributes, and the data was combined with the applicability data using multivariate data analysis. Ultimately, the variation in eating quality was evaluated in a hedonistic test with expert evaluation of applicability. Three gourmet chefs prepared the different cultivars as boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes and oven-fried potatoes and evaluated the cultivars' applicability, while a sensory panel consisting of nine judges evaluated the sensory quality. The multivariate data analysis revealed a significant diversity amongst the cultivars for the different cooking procedures. A single PCA bi-plot was able to provide a simple and clear overview of the gastronomic diversity and possible applications of the different potato cultivars.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPotato Research
    Volume54
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)13-28
    Number of pages16
    ISSN0014-3065
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

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