Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System
The use of insects as food is a sustainable alternative to meat and as a protein source is fully comparable to meat, fish and soybeans. The next step is to make insects available for use in the more widespread production of food and meals. Sensory attributes are of great importance in being able to...
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| description | The use of insects as food is a sustainable alternative to meat and as a protein source is fully comparable to meat, fish and soybeans. The next step is to make insects available for use in the more widespread production of food and meals. Sensory attributes are of great importance in being able to increase the understanding of insects as an ingredient in cooking and production. In this pilot study, mealworms were used as the main ingredient in a model system, where the aim was to evaluate the impact on sensory properties of changing particle size, oil/water ratio and salt content of the insects using a factorial design. Twelve different samples were produced according to the factorial design. Further, the effect of adding an antioxidant agent was evaluated. Sensory analysis and instrumental analyses were performed on the samples. Particle size significantly influenced the sensory attributes appearance, odor, taste and texture, but not flavor, whereas salt content affected taste and flavor. The viscosity was affected by the particle size and instrumentally measured color was affected by particle size and oil content. The addition of the antioxidant agent decreased the changes in color, rancidity and separation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43d9c4c641994dc7800dc3140a4964282022-12-22T03:46:07ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582019-08-018831910.3390/foods8080319foods8080319Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model SystemKarin Wendin0Viktoria Olsson1Maud Langton2Department of Food and Meal Science, Kristianstad University, SE-291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenDepartment of Food and Meal Science, Kristianstad University, SE-291 88 Kristianstad, SwedenDepartment of Molecular Sciences, SLU—Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, SwedenThe use of insects as food is a sustainable alternative to meat and as a protein source is fully comparable to meat, fish and soybeans. The next step is to make insects available for use in the more widespread production of food and meals. Sensory attributes are of great importance in being able to increase the understanding of insects as an ingredient in cooking and production. In this pilot study, mealworms were used as the main ingredient in a model system, where the aim was to evaluate the impact on sensory properties of changing particle size, oil/water ratio and salt content of the insects using a factorial design. Twelve different samples were produced according to the factorial design. Further, the effect of adding an antioxidant agent was evaluated. Sensory analysis and instrumental analyses were performed on the samples. Particle size significantly influenced the sensory attributes appearance, odor, taste and texture, but not flavor, whereas salt content affected taste and flavor. The viscosity was affected by the particle size and instrumentally measured color was affected by particle size and oil content. The addition of the antioxidant agent decreased the changes in color, rancidity and separation.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/8/8/319mealworm<i>Tenebrio molitor</i>insectssensorymodel system |
| spellingShingle | Karin Wendin Viktoria Olsson Maud Langton Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System Foods mealworm <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> insects sensory model system |
| title | Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System |
| title_full | Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System |
| title_fullStr | Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System |
| title_short | Mealworms as Food Ingredient—Sensory Investigation of a Model System |
| title_sort | mealworms as food ingredient sensory investigation of a model system |
| topic | mealworm <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> insects sensory model system |
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