Sensory Analysis Training: Tailor-Made Programmes for Industry Professionals

Would you like to train your teams in sensory evaluation, structure your internal practices or develop expertise in a specific methodology?

Every company faces its own challenges. That's why ACTALIA Sensoriel offers tailor-made sensory analysis training programmes, adapted to your products, objectives and your team's level of expertise.

Lasting 1 to 3 days, these training sessions cover a range of sensory evaluation topics, from fundamental principles to the implementation of specific methodologies.

Training programmes tailored to your sensory evaluation needs

Our experts can support your teams across a range of topics:

• Mastering the fundamentals of sensory evaluation: understanding sensory physiology (distinguishing between odours, tastes, aromas and flavours), exploring the main sensory evaluation methods, their applications and the associated statistical analyses.

• Implementing a sensory evaluation approach within your company: choosing between an internal or external panel, learning best practices for sample preparation and tasting, and selecting methods suited to your objectives and constraints.

• Developing a methodology for building a shared sensory vocabulary: learning how to generate and select sensory descriptors, create a sensory lexicon and associate descriptors with references to harmonise product descriptions across teams.

• Selecting and training a sensory panel: understanding the steps involved in establishing and training a panel according to your objectives (conformity testing, R&D, etc.).

• Mastering conventional sensory profiling: understanding the different stages of this methodology, from panellist selection to data analysis, including descriptor generation, panel training and monitoring individual and overall panel performance.

• Adapting sensory evaluation methods to your specific challenges: identifying the most relevant tools and methodologies for your R&D or sensory quality control activities.

Practical training using your own products

As every industry and product has its own characteristics, the training content can be adapted to your product categories, existing knowledge and objectives.

Training sessions can incorporate your own products and business challenges, enabling participants to apply the methods directly within their company.

Examples of training programmes addressing specific needs

• Harmonising sensory vocabulary across departments: developing shared sensory descriptors for an industrial company's R&D, marketing and sales teams, based on tasting sessions involving the company's own cheeses and plant-based products, as well as competing products.

• Structuring sensory quality control: mastering sensory evaluation tools and adapting methodologies to the company's products in order to formalise and strengthen internal sensory quality control practices.

• Implementing a triangle test on cosmetic products: learning the steps required to prepare, conduct and correctly analyse the results of this sensory discrimination test.

These examples illustrate how training content can be adapted to different products, industries and objectives.

Tailor-made training at your premises or at ACTALIA Sensoriel

Our training sessions can be organised directly at your premises or at ACTALIA Sensoriel in Caen, depending on your needs.

Each programme is designed according to your team's existing knowledge, your product categories and the skills you wish to develop.

Would you like to train your team in sensory analysis or develop expertise in a particular area?

Contact our team to discuss your needs and work together to design a training programme tailored to your company's challenges.