What is ISO 13299-Guidance for establishing a sensory profile about ?

ISO 13299 is an international standard on sensory analysis methodology that discusses the general guidance for establishing a sensory profile to provide support to research and development, marketing, and quality control.

ISO 13299 gives guidelines for the overall process for establishing a sensory profile. Sensory profiles can be established for all products or samples which can be evaluated by the senses of sight, odor, taste, touch, or hearing (e.g., food, beverage, tobacco product, cosmetic, textile, paper, packaging, the sample of air or water).

ISO 13299 can also be useful in studies of human cognition and behavior.

Some applications of sensory profiling under ISO 13299 are as follows:

To develop or change a product
To define a product, production standard, or trading standard in terms of its sensory attributes
To define a reference “fresh” product for shelf-life testing
To study and improve the shelf-life of a product
To compare a product with a reference product or with other related products on the market or under development
To map a product’s perceived attribute attributes to relate them to factors such as instrumental, chemical, or physical properties, and/or to consumer acceptability
To characterize by type and intensity the off-odors or off-tastes in a sample (e.g., in pollution studies)

Who is ISO 13299-Guidance for establishing a sensory profile for ?

ISO 13299 on the guidance for establishing a sensory profile is useful for:

Food scientists
Food technologists
Food laboratories
Food health and safety departments
Quality assurance departments

Why should you use ISO 13299-Guidance for establishing a sensory profile ?

A sensory profile is the result of a descriptive analysis of a sample by a panel of assessors. The sample may be for example food, beverage, tobacco product, cosmetic, textile, paper, packaging, the sample of air or water, etc. Profiling can be carried out in several ways. Over the years, a few of these have been formalized and codified as descriptive procedures by professional societies or by groups of producers and users for the aim of improving communication between themselves.

ISO 13299 provides you with test conditions, descriptive methods principle and main characteristics, qualitative sensory profile, the procedure for establishing a sensory profile, and much more.

The methods and procedures provided by ISO 13299 assist you in addressing consumer demands and introducing new and improved products and ensuring protection against food contamination.

With obedience and compliance to ISO 13299, you can enhance the efficacy of the food products and manufacture a standardized product of global acceptance in the market.

What is changed since the last update?

BS EN ISO 13299:2016 supersedes ISO 13299:2003, which is withdrawn. BS EN ISO 13299:2016 has made some technical revisions by presenting the principles and methods in general, including some new ones, which are developed in annexes as compared to the previous edition ISO 13299:2003.

BS EN ISO 13299:2016

Sensory analysis. Methodology. General guidance for establishing a sensory profile

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Apr 2016