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Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries

Consumer dissatisfaction with the flavor quality of many modern fresh market tomato varieties has fostered breeders’ interest in sensory quality improvement, and the demand for traditional varieties, which are generally associated with better flavor. To achieve further knowledge on the factors influ...

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Autores principales: Sinesio, Fiorella, Cammareri, Maria, Cottet, Valentine, Fontanet, Lilian, Jost, Michel, Moneta, Elisabetta, Palombieri, Samuela, Peparaio, Marina, Romero del Castillo, Roser, Saggia Civitelli, Eleonora, Spigno, Patrizia, Vitiello, Antonella, Navez, Brigitte, Casals, Joan, Causse, Mathilde, Granell, Antonio, Grandillo, Silvana
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10112521
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author Sinesio, Fiorella
Cammareri, Maria
Cottet, Valentine
Fontanet, Lilian
Jost, Michel
Moneta, Elisabetta
Palombieri, Samuela
Peparaio, Marina
Romero del Castillo, Roser
Saggia Civitelli, Eleonora
Spigno, Patrizia
Vitiello, Antonella
Navez, Brigitte
Casals, Joan
Causse, Mathilde
Granell, Antonio
Grandillo, Silvana
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Cammareri, Maria
Cottet, Valentine
Fontanet, Lilian
Jost, Michel
Moneta, Elisabetta
Palombieri, Samuela
Peparaio, Marina
Romero del Castillo, Roser
Saggia Civitelli, Eleonora
Spigno, Patrizia
Vitiello, Antonella
Navez, Brigitte
Casals, Joan
Causse, Mathilde
Granell, Antonio
Grandillo, Silvana
author_sort Sinesio, Fiorella
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description Consumer dissatisfaction with the flavor quality of many modern fresh market tomato varieties has fostered breeders’ interest in sensory quality improvement, and the demand for traditional varieties, which are generally associated with better flavor. To achieve further knowledge on the factors influencing the sensory quality and consumers’ preferences and perception, European traditional and modern fresh market tomato varieties were grown and evaluated in France, Italy, and Spain. Different growing conditions were tested in France (soilless vs. soil) and in Spain (open field vs. greenhouse), while in Italy fruits were evaluated at two ripening stages. Fruit quality was assessed by integrating physicochemical analyses, sensory profiles, and consumer tests. In all three countries, overall modern varieties were perceived as having more intense “tomato flavor” and “overall flavor” than traditional ones. In France and Spain, consumers’ preferences were more oriented towards modern varieties than traditional ones. Significant growing condition effects were found on sensory and physicochemical traits, while the effect on consumers’ overall liking was not significant, largely depending on the genotype. A fair agreement between product configurations from descriptive analysis by trained assessors and Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) questions by consumers was observed. Penalty-lift analysis based on CATA allowed identifying positive and negative drivers of liking.
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spelling pubmed-86204022021-11-27 Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries Sinesio, Fiorella Cammareri, Maria Cottet, Valentine Fontanet, Lilian Jost, Michel Moneta, Elisabetta Palombieri, Samuela Peparaio, Marina Romero del Castillo, Roser Saggia Civitelli, Eleonora Spigno, Patrizia Vitiello, Antonella Navez, Brigitte Casals, Joan Causse, Mathilde Granell, Antonio Grandillo, Silvana Foods Article Consumer dissatisfaction with the flavor quality of many modern fresh market tomato varieties has fostered breeders’ interest in sensory quality improvement, and the demand for traditional varieties, which are generally associated with better flavor. To achieve further knowledge on the factors influencing the sensory quality and consumers’ preferences and perception, European traditional and modern fresh market tomato varieties were grown and evaluated in France, Italy, and Spain. Different growing conditions were tested in France (soilless vs. soil) and in Spain (open field vs. greenhouse), while in Italy fruits were evaluated at two ripening stages. Fruit quality was assessed by integrating physicochemical analyses, sensory profiles, and consumer tests. In all three countries, overall modern varieties were perceived as having more intense “tomato flavor” and “overall flavor” than traditional ones. In France and Spain, consumers’ preferences were more oriented towards modern varieties than traditional ones. Significant growing condition effects were found on sensory and physicochemical traits, while the effect on consumers’ overall liking was not significant, largely depending on the genotype. A fair agreement between product configurations from descriptive analysis by trained assessors and Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) questions by consumers was observed. Penalty-lift analysis based on CATA allowed identifying positive and negative drivers of liking. MDPI 2021-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8620402/ /pubmed/34828802 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10112521 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sinesio, Fiorella
Cammareri, Maria
Cottet, Valentine
Fontanet, Lilian
Jost, Michel
Moneta, Elisabetta
Palombieri, Samuela
Peparaio, Marina
Romero del Castillo, Roser
Saggia Civitelli, Eleonora
Spigno, Patrizia
Vitiello, Antonella
Navez, Brigitte
Casals, Joan
Causse, Mathilde
Granell, Antonio
Grandillo, Silvana
Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
title Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
title_full Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
title_fullStr Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
title_full_unstemmed Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
title_short Sensory Traits and Consumer’s Perceived Quality of Traditional and Modern Fresh Market Tomato Varieties: A Study in Three European Countries
title_sort sensory traits and consumer’s perceived quality of traditional and modern fresh market tomato varieties: a study in three european countries
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10112521
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