Sensory characterization of polyester-based bottle material inertness using threshold odour number determination

LWT

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-72

  Widén, Heléne ^a,b   Hall, Gunnar ^a  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inertness testing; Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN); Polyethylene terephthalate (PET); Refillable bottles; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NUMBER THEORY; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; REUSABILITY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; WASHING;

INERTNESS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE (PEN); REFILLABLE BOTTLES; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

BOTTLES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BOTTLES; PERCEPTION; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

EID: 33746376336     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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