POST OF THE MONTH: Katerina Katsikari
An interview with Katerina Katsikari, Department of Consumer, Sensory and Innovation at Nofima AS and Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Email: katerina.katsikari@nofima.no LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerina-katsikari-7501a5198/ You have started a new research project now, what is it about? And what do you hope to find out? In this project, we are investigating how food texture can influence […]
POST OF THE MONTH: Pangborn 2023
Written by Karina Gonzalez Estanol & Maddalena Libardi, Chair & Deputy Chair of Next Generation Working group The beautiful city of Nantes, France, recently played host to the much-anticipated Pangborn 2023 conference. Pangborn, a biennial event, brings together leading experts, researchers, and enthusiasts from the world of sensory and consumer science to discuss and share […]
POST OF THE MONTH: August 2023
Pictured: Dr. Danny Cliceri & Dr. Leonardo Menghi (UNITN) with a first prototype of the Bulkbox Written by Dr. Michele Pedrotti, Researcher Email: michele.pedrotti@wur.nl Sensory evaluation plays a crucial role in assessing the quality, freshness, and acceptability of food products. Since my participation at the BCFN!YES contest in 2014 with the project “Common sensing: the […]
POST OF THE MONTH: July 2023
Angelica Lippi, PhD Candidate, Food Science and Technology, University of Florence (Italy) – Institut Lyfe (France) In 2017 I got a master’s degree in clinical and health psychology, my main focus has always been in human cognition and behavior. Since I started working on my master thesis, I became fascinated with how food is perceived […]
Post of the month – MAY 2023
Rutger Brouwer, PhD Candidate, Food Quality and Design, Wageningen University, The Netherlands In 2013, I moved from Ellecom, a small town in the Netherlands, to Wageningen to study Nutrition and Health. This seemingly small change shaped both my life and career path. Prior to studying food science, I consumed the typical Dutch diet. We (the […]
Post of the Month: FEBRUARY 2023
Can gamified smell training increase the liking of fruit and vegetables? Linnea Apelman, PhD Student, Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics, Uppsala University, Sweden “I am interested to find out if repeated sensory exposure, in the form of gamified smell identification tasks, can impact food liking. I am especially curious […]