title: The effect of skatole and androstenone on consumer response towards streaky bacon and pork belly roll.
abstract: Consumer liking was assessed for streaky bacon and pork belly roll from entire male pigs with an androstenone (AND) content of up to 9.4 ppm and a skatole (SKA) content of up to 0.92 ppm in the back fat and castrates. No clear effect of either AND or SKA was seen in consumer liking, although an insignificant tendency was seen for SKA. A sensory profile analysis showed that AND increased the boar taint of bacon, while both AND and SKA increased the boar taint of the pork belly roll. Consumer sensitivity towards AND and SKA did not affect liking of the meat products. The lack of effect of AND and SKA on consumer liking could be due to a masking effect of the spices and smoke. Three consecutive weeks' exposure to bacon did not change the liking score, irrespective of the AND and SKA content. This indicates that the consumers did not become more sensitive towards boar taint.
authors.affiliation: Danish Meat Research Institute, Technological Institute, Gregersensvej 9, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark. Electronic address: mdag@teknologisk.dk.
authors.forename: Margit D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aaslyng
authors.affiliation: Danish Meat Research Institute, Technological Institute, Gregersensvej 9, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark.
authors.forename: Eva Honnens
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: De Lichtenberg Broge
authors.affiliation: Technical University of Denmark, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Richard Petersens Plads, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Per B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Brockhoff
authors.affiliation: Technical University of Denmark, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Richard Petersens Plads, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rune Haubo
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000736:Androstenes / Q000032:analysis*; D000738:Androsterone / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D008461:Meat Products / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009812:Odorants; D000069466:Red Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D012862:Skatole / Q000032:analysis*; D012906:Smoke; D017365:Spices; D013552:Swine; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000736:Androstenes; D012906:Smoke; C000214:androst-16-en-3-one; D012862:Skatole; D000738:Androsterone
keywords: Bacon; Boar taint; Central location test; Consumer study; Entire male; Home use test; Pork belly roll; Sensory profile; Tenderness