ABSTRACT
Food quality data are gathered for various purposes and subjected to different analyses. Instrumental food quality data are often analyzed and used for two important objectives. First, to establish the usefulness of an instrumental measure ment as a food quality characteristic, it usually needs to be compared with human sensory responses, which are the primary standard for food quality measurement. Instrumental measurements are thus used as direct or indirect indicators of sen sory quality attributes. Second, instrumental measurements are frequently used for quality control purposes because instrumental techniques can be noninvasive, rapid, convenient, and implemented on-line.
