Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design

The sensory acceptability rate of pasteurized orange juices stored at different temperature levels was evaluated using a large-scale experiment with untrained consumers and an accelerated shelf-life testing method. Pasteurized orange juice samples were stored at 10, 20, 30 and 40 °C and tested for a...

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Main Authors: Theofilos Frangopoulos, Antonios Koliouskas, Dimitrios Petridis
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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description The sensory acceptability rate of pasteurized orange juices stored at different temperature levels was evaluated using a large-scale experiment with untrained consumers and an accelerated shelf-life testing method. Pasteurized orange juice samples were stored at 10, 20, 30 and 40 °C and tested for acceptance or rejection at consecutive time points using a reverse product preservation plan. From a total of 504 samples and the participation of 72 consumers, 155 failures and 109 passes were recorded. Due to the large number of samples (28) selected for testing from each consumer, a balanced incomplete block design was adopted to facilitate a very small number for evaluation (7 for each consumer) with minimal reduction in the reliability of the experiment and results. As expected, there was a gradual increasing trend of rejections at all temperature levels by time. Also, it was observed that pasteurized orange juices tended to be rejected by consumers at approximately 3 days before they would be microbiologically unsafe for consumption. Also, it was shown from the risk rate trend that higher storage temperatures are linked with very early perceptiveness of sensory defects during nearly the first 100 h of preservation. The present work constitutes essentially a very useful tool for the industry because it enables the proper adjustment of shelf life including both sensory and microbiological parameters, which results in fewer returned and deteriorated products.
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spelling doaj-art-4000e644c8be4e5681186958e085202a2025-08-20T02:44:43ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-02-01154180910.3390/app15041809Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block DesignTheofilos Frangopoulos0Antonios Koliouskas1Dimitrios Petridis2International Hellenic University, 57400 Sindos, GreeceInternational Hellenic University, 57400 Sindos, GreeceInternational Hellenic University, 57400 Sindos, GreeceThe sensory acceptability rate of pasteurized orange juices stored at different temperature levels was evaluated using a large-scale experiment with untrained consumers and an accelerated shelf-life testing method. Pasteurized orange juice samples were stored at 10, 20, 30 and 40 °C and tested for acceptance or rejection at consecutive time points using a reverse product preservation plan. From a total of 504 samples and the participation of 72 consumers, 155 failures and 109 passes were recorded. Due to the large number of samples (28) selected for testing from each consumer, a balanced incomplete block design was adopted to facilitate a very small number for evaluation (7 for each consumer) with minimal reduction in the reliability of the experiment and results. As expected, there was a gradual increasing trend of rejections at all temperature levels by time. Also, it was observed that pasteurized orange juices tended to be rejected by consumers at approximately 3 days before they would be microbiologically unsafe for consumption. Also, it was shown from the risk rate trend that higher storage temperatures are linked with very early perceptiveness of sensory defects during nearly the first 100 h of preservation. The present work constitutes essentially a very useful tool for the industry because it enables the proper adjustment of shelf life including both sensory and microbiological parameters, which results in fewer returned and deteriorated products.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/4/1809sensory shelf lifeconsumer acceptabilityaccelerated shelf-life conditionsbalanced incomplete block designs
spellingShingle Theofilos Frangopoulos
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Dimitrios Petridis
Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design
Applied Sciences
sensory shelf life
consumer acceptability
accelerated shelf-life conditions
balanced incomplete block designs
title Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design
title_full Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design
title_fullStr Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design
title_full_unstemmed Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design
title_short Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design
title_sort sensory shelf life of pasteurized orange juice stored under different temperature levels using inverse time sampling and a balanced incomplete block design
topic sensory shelf life
consumer acceptability
accelerated shelf-life conditions
balanced incomplete block designs
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/4/1809
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