Vegetable intake of children is well below recommendations in Australia and in most other western countries. Vegetables are the food category least liked by children. As acceptance is a key driver of intake, strategies are needed to increase children’s acceptance of vegetables. The present thesis was directed at understanding and changing children’...
The programme 'Boars Heading for 2018’ is an initiative by the Dutch pork production chain represented in the Stop Castration steering committee. The report compiles 50 individual studies from a research programme that was carried out over a five-year period (2009-2013) in the Netherlands. The main results of the research program are presented in t...
Published in Chemosensory Perception
Memory plays a central role in food choice and consumption. Most recent studies focusing on food memory and its role in everyday eating and drinking behaviour used a paradigm developed by Mojet and Köster (2002), based on incidental learning of target foods, and an unexpected memory test, demanding recognition of the target. The present work was an...
Crispness is one of the most important sensory characteristics of crispy bread, because consumers associate crispness with freshness, wholesomeness, and quality. This sensory sensation, however, is lost within a few hours after baking, because of a fast water uptake of the crust. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to systematically determine the...
De geur van met name Oriëntale lelies en OT-hybriden is voor menigeen reden deze lelies niet te kopen. Japans onderzoek zette PPO-onderzoeker Hans Kok op het spoor van een stof die mogelijk kan helpen om de geursterkte substantieel te verminderen. Kok zou het fantastisch vinden als het werkt. "Dat zal de marktkansen flink vergroten."
De tendens in de visverkoop in Westerse landen verschuift richting verpakte vis in supermarktschappen. Volgens verpakkingsbedrijf Multivac was deze trend ook duidelijk tijdens de 'European Seafood Exposition' waar meer dan 70% van de visprodukten verpakt was. Het gebruik van MAP (Modified Atmosphere Package) bij de visverpakking geeft nog veel prak...
Hoe is het gesteld met de smaak van tomaten. Resultaten van smaaktest gehouden in Tomato World
Wageningen UR heeft in samenwerking met een aantal partners een uniek apparaat ontwikkeld waarmee onder hoge druk kan worden gesteriliseerd. In het najaar gaat HPP-sterilisatie de pilotfase in. De prijs per liter product is nog wel vrij hoog
Within the CRAFT project Turpro water quality was researched to be optimised in the turbot recirculation farming system. Within this task the tank renewal rate was varied and growth of turbot was monitored. Within this experiment the question was whether the tank renewal rate affected the eating quality or off-flavour of the fillets.
