The University of Ghana sensory evaluation research lab is proud to announce that a total of four (4) posters will be presented by its staff at the upcoming 14th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium. The event slated for 9th -12th August 2021 would cover topics like food choice and consumer behavior, sustainable solutions, sensometrics and data science, sensory marketing, sensory driven product design etc. The program runs on the theme “Sustainable sensory science”.
The Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium is a 4 -5 days biannual academic conference that focuses on sensory and consumer science. It is named after Rose Marie Pangborn - a renowned American professor, food scientist, food technologist, and a pioneer of sensory science. The event usually takes place at different countries every time and was scheduled to take place at Vancouver, Canada but it is going to be online due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sensory lab will present 4 posters namely;
1. Scale length and its relevance to the Ghanaian consumer in Hedonic testing
2. Profiling of frozen desserts: comparing Quantitative Descriptive analysis (QDA) to temporal methods
3. Sensory testing during the pandemic in Ghana: Feasibility of conducting Free Choice Profiling (FCP) and Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA) at home
4. Exploring Canning Technology to Enhance Safety and Shelf Life of Brukina
The program usually commands about 800 – 1000 participants and consist of oral presentations, keynote lectures, interactive lectures, interactive workshops and poster sections. Renowned researchers like Ann-Marie Torregrossa (University of Buffalo, USA) and Mukani Moyo (International Potato Center, Kenya) and Mei Peng (University of Otago, New Zealand) have been enlisted as keynote speakers for this year’s event. The Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium is operated by Elsevier and supported by the journal of Food Quality and Preference. The 13th Edition of the symposium had staff from the lab present some of our research works. Visit our publications page to browse through some of these reports, posters and articles.