Introducing mealworm as an ingredient in crisps and pâtés – sensory characterization and consumer liking

K. Wendin; J. Berg; K. I. Jönsson; P. Andersson; K. Birch; F. Davidsson; J. Gerberich; S. Rask; M. Langton

doi:10.1016/j.fufo.2021.100082

Introducing mealworm as an ingredient in crisps and pâtés – sensory characterization and consumer liking

K. Wendin^*, J. Berg, K. I. Jönsson, P. Andersson, K. Birch, F. Davidsson, J. Gerberich, S. Rask, M. Langton

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Design and Consumer Behavior

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate sensory perception and consumers’ attitude and liking of products with different textures, crisps and pâtés, with added mealworm ingredient in different amounts. By addition of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.) in the crisps, the brittleness increased. However, an increase in mealworm also increased the darkness. Adding mealworms to pâté reduced the odour and flavour of vegetable and increased the flavour of cinnamon and pepper as well as the oily texture. There was no significant difference in total liking between 10 and 30% addition of mealworm, nor between 0 and 10% addition, in any of the two products. The crisps received higher liking score than the pâtés. Thus, there is also a much higher probability that a customer would buy insect crisps than insect pâté. Environmental sustainability and sensory properties were shown to be the main reasons for buying foods with added insect ingredients.

Original language	English
Article number	100082
Journal	Future Foods
Volume	4
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2021.100082
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (to M. L.) and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (to J. B.) are greatly acknowledged for financial support.

Funding Information:
This research was funded by The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen), grant number 20170141. SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (to M. L.) and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (to J. B.) are greatly acknowledged for financial support. Tetra Pak is acknowledged for assistant in product preparation. Maria Nyberg, Viktoria Olsson and Per Magnusson (Kristianstad University) are acknowledged for their assistance in performing the consumer study.

Funding Information:
This research was funded by The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen), grant number 20170141.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors

Keywords

Consumer
Crisps
Insects
Pâté
Texture

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