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The Psychophysical Perception of the Key Odorants in Potato Chips

dc.contributor.authorRochelle, Madeleine Marie
dc.contributor.chairAcree, Terry Edward
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLiaukonyte, Jurate
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-26T14:18:14Z
dc.date.available2018-04-26T14:18:14Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-30
dc.description.abstractThis research used sniff olfactometry (SO) to recreate the odor image of a potato chip from the olfactory responses to its most potent odorants. The thresholds for the key odorants (KO’s), methanethiol, 2-ethyl-3, 5-dimethylpyrazine, and methional, were determined for each of four subjects, along with their responses to the KO’s in mixtures. In binary mixtures, the equal odds ratios (EOR’s) defined as the ratio of the concentrations of two of the odorants in a mixtures at which they were detected at equal frequency was determined along with the tertiary odds ratios (TOR’s) defined as the ratio of the three odorants at which all three components were detected at equal frequency in tertiary mixtures. The configural odds ratios (COR’s) were determined from the tertiary solution of the KO’s that subjects identified as most like potato chips. The results found large variation in thresholds, EOR’s, and TOR’s, but remarkable similarity in COR’s indicating that the potato chip odor image is derived from the same KO composition for different subjects even though they are not having the same sensory sensation.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/X4RJ4GKJ
dc.identifier.otherRochelle_cornell_0058O_10116
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:10116
dc.identifier.otherbibid: 10361676
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/56999
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectFood science
dc.subjectOdor Image
dc.subjectOdor Mixtures
dc.subjectOlfaction
dc.subjectPotato Chips
dc.subjectSniff Olfactometry
dc.titleThe Psychophysical Perception of the Key Odorants in Potato Chips
dc.typedissertation or thesis
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810
thesis.degree.disciplineFood Science and Technology
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelMaster of Science
thesis.degree.nameM.S., Food Science and Technology

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