AREAS R&D

Areas of R&D

Sensometrics and consumer science

This area makes use of the human senses as the main tool to gather information about the sensory characteristics of products and how formulation and processing variables affect those characteristics. These tools are also used to understand how consumers perceive products and make their purchase decisions.

The area has unique capabilities in the country to provide services to industry that enables informed decisions during product development and commercialization, across different categories, including food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.

The services provided by the area include consumer studies, training of assessor panels, new product development, shelf life estimation, as well as tailor-made courses.

The joint work with the Food and Nutrition Area of Instituto Polo Tecnológico de Pando provides the food productive sector a comprehensive offer of services.

Lines of research:

• New methodologies for sensory characterization.
• Methodological advances in new product development.
• Methodological advances in shelf life estimation.
• Strategies to reduce the salt and sugar content of food products.
• Evaluation of strategies to modify eating patterns.
• Application of eye-tracking technology to study consumer perception.
• Perception of nutritional labelling.
• Subjective wellbeing to improve quality of life.

Camino Saravia s/n - Pando
C.P. 91000 - Canelones, Uruguay Phone: (+598) 22920984
info@pctp.org.uy