SENSORY LAB

F E M

S E N S O R Y - I N S T R U M E N T A L - S T A T I S T I C A N A L Y S I S

The Sensory Analysis Laboratory belongs to the Research Unit "Sensory Quality" (QS) of the Edmund Mach Foundation (FEM).

Our mission is the development and the application of cutting-edge and multidisciplinary methods to investigate the quality of food in order to understand and predict consumers’ choices.

PRIN

PROJECT

The project is to evaluate individual choices in relation to functional products.

COLFIT

PROJECT

Early diagnosis's evaluation of neurodegenerative diseases through odorous markers.

SENSORY QUALITY

APPLE

Activity aimed at the detailed sensorial characterization of new apple selections, comparing them with some reference cultivars.

SENSORY QUALITY

TRENTINGRANA

Optimization of the cheese evaluation system supported by the expert jury with a descriptive panel.

The research activities are supported by different practical projects and their goals are the innovation of products and processes in the agri-food sector and the enhancement of typical products of Trentino economy's interest.

· 300 square meters of total area.

· 22 computerized cabins.

· Classroom with 48 tasting stations.

· Room for training the panel with an area equipped with individual cabin in order to perform cognitive behavioral tests.

· Room for sample preparation.

· Analysis laboratory.

Franco Biasioli - TEAM LEADER

Isabella Endrizzi - TECNOLOGIST

Emanuela Betta - TECNICIAN

Jessica Zambanini - TECNICIAN

Iuliia Khomenko TECNICIAN

Danny Cliceri RESEARCHER

Elena Santoro TECNOLOGIST

Flavia Gasperi - PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY C3A (UNITN)

Eugenio Aprea - PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY C3A (UNITN)

Riccardo Bottiroli - PhD STUDENT

Kumar Manjeet - PhD STUDENT (2018-2020)

Karina Gonzales Estanol - PhD STUDENT (2019-2022)

Leonardo Menghi - PhD STUDENT (2019-2022)

Michele Ricci - PhD STUDENT (2019-2022)

Matteo Tonezzer - PhD STUDENT (2019-2022)

COLLABORATORS

Michele Pedrotti (WUR)

Brian Farneti (FEM)

Luca Cappellin (UNIPD)



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C O N T A c t u s

The Sensory Lab is on the ground floor of the Palazzo della Ricerca e della Conoscenza (PRC) of the Research and Innovation Centre (CRI) at the Edmund Mach Foundation.

Tel. +39 0461 615320 / +39 0461 6153188 laboratorio.sensoriale@fmach.it