SENSORY ANALYSIS

I AM THINKING OF A FOOD……

I THINK THE FOOD TASTES YUMMY…..

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE DESCRIBING WORDS WHEN DESCRIBING WORDS.

No: Yum Yuck Delicious Nice Amazing Horrible

These words are your opinion but they do not describe the food.

THE FOOD IS ORANGE…

IT IS ROUND…

IT IS FIRM ON THE OUTSIDE AND SOFT IN THE MIDDLE…

WHAT FOOD AM I THINKING OF?

AN ORANGE!

THERE ARE FOUR SENSES WE USE TO DESCRIBE FOOD:

TasteTextureAromaAppearance

TASTE

What does the food taste like when in your mouth?

Bitter Bland Burnt Fatty Fishy Greasy Meaty

TEXTURE

What does the food feel like?In your hand/mouth?

LumpyMoistRoughRunnySloppy

AROMA

What does the food smell like?

Spicy Strong Sweet Tangy Fatty

APPEARANCE

What does the food look like? It is important to think about the shape and colour when describing appearance.

DullFlatHighOpaqueShiny

ACTIVITY

In pairs Think of one food each Take turns to use describing words to

describe the food to each other First person that guesses the others food,

wins!

SENSORY PROPERTIES AND COOKING??

It is important to not only learn to use words to describe foods but to understand why foods may taste/appear/ smell that way because of how you cooked it.

Think of the different in texture of uncooked to cooked pasta?

The pasta is firm and hard until you cook it and it absorbs the water and becomes soft and squishy.

SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPH WRITING

You need to learn not only to describe foods using describing words but to use these words to develop paragraphs.

From a Year 7 example:Our omelette tasted light, cheesy and healthy. The tomato in it made the omelette taste sweet. Our omelette looked light, fluffy and golden. our omelette felt lighter than it would if we made a classic omelette. It was also smooth and soft.

ACTIVITY

You will be provided with a range of foods. On the worksheet find two words to describe each sense of each food. Then using those words create a sentence/paragraph to describe the food.

You will find the sensory chart on the weebly to help you.