Panellist

There are 5 group of panellist:

1. Experienced panellis
They have been exposed to some form of sensory testing.

2. Expert panel or tester
Knowledgeable about the food. The judgement is well respected and can be used in decision making. No formal training but have several years of experience in that particular product.

3. Consumer panel
Large number of respondents selected through adequate sampling techinque unsually >100; drawm from the cross section of prospective consumer population. For measurement of preference or acceptability of product.

4. Consumer-type panel
Simply selected from among employees themselves based largely on the nature of targeted consumers.

5. Laboratory panel
Composed of 10 to 20 panellists with 3 to 4 replications by each panellists for each treatment. Use for discriminatory tests and identification of specific product attributes, qualities or characteristics (Trained or untrained panel).