Odour investigation of granular polyolefins for flexible food packaging using a sensory panel and an electronic nose

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-502

  Torri, Luisa ^a   Piergiovanni, Luciano ^a   Caldiroli, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Giflex Gruppo Imballaggio Flessibile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic nose; Food packaging; Multivariate analysis; Odour; Polyolefin; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; METAL OXIDE; PLASTIC; POLYOLEFIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD PACKAGING; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC NOSE; ODOR; SENSORY EVALUATION;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; ODORS; POLYENES; SEMICONDUCTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 41049098641     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701513776     Document Type: Article

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