Sensory Lexicon Construction and Quantitative Descriptive Analysis of Jiang-Flavor Baijiu.

ABSTRACT: Jiang-flavor Baijiu (JFB) is one of the most complex and representative types of traditional Chinese liquor, known for its unique flavor, which is popular among Chinese consumers. Previous studies primarily focused on detecting and identifying volatile compounds but lacked comprehensive descriptions and precise differentiation of their sensory qualities. To explore the sensory characteristics of JFB, this study collected widely recognized sensory descriptors from literature, standards, free descriptive questionnaires, and Pivot Profile experiments, which were then textually analyzed and merged to yield 88 sensory descriptors. M-value and multivariate statistical methods were then used to narrow these down to 35 sensory descriptors, for which corresponding definitions and physical reference

SUBMITTER: Niu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833230 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature