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Sensory Analysis Laboratory

Odour, Flavour, Softness

  • Guarantee that the organoleptic properties of a foodstuff are not altered by its packaging
  • Evaluate an off-flavour potentially transmitted to food through direct or indirect contact with a paper/board material
  • Evaluate the odour of a paper/board material that will be in contact with food
  • Estimate the softness of tissue papers or products

General informations

Our Sensory Analysis Laboratory is specialised in paper/board materials and packaging.
We offer a range of services to address regulatory requirements applicable to paper/board materials in-tended for food contact, in accordance with French Information Note from DGCCRF – Fiche MCDA N°4 (January 1st 2019) issued by the DGCCRF (French General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consu-mer Affairs and Fraud Control) and with BfR Recom-mendation XXXVI in the case of Germany.

Thanks to our qualified, rigorously trained and re-gularly tested panels of assessors we are able to evaluate:

  • The off-flavour transmitted by a material to a foodstuff
  • The odour of paper/board materials
  • The softness of tissue products
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Setting up an off-flavour test

Context

Guaranteeing food contact compliance while remai-ning innovative is a key challenge for packaging ma-nufacturers and users.

Paper/board materials are widely used in the food industry, and their impacts on food have to be evaluated.

According to current Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, paper and board materials must not alter the organo-leptic properties (odour, taste, etc.) of food.

The CTP’s qualified panels of assessors are trained to check the organoleptic inertia of a material by eva-luating its odour (EN 1230-1) and any off-flavours that could potentially be transmitted to foodstuffs (EN1230-2, ISO 13302 or DIN 10955 depending on the type of contact).

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Evaluation in the tasting room

Facilities

The Sensory Analysis Laboratory is equipped with a dedicated room with 10 booths that meet the speci-fications of the ISO 8589 standard and can be used for performing tests in standardised and normalised conditions.

A fitted kitchen is used for working with various types of foodstuff or simulant and testing different contact conditions.

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Examples of food packaging

Accredited for testing

The Sensory Analysis Laboratory holds COFRAC accreditation no. 1-0552 (scope of accreditation available at www.cofrac.fr), as per the ISO 17025 standard.


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