Texture of Hot-Air-Dried Persimmon () Chips: Instrumental, Sensory, and Consumer Input for Product Development.

Persimmon () is an underutilized tree fruit. Previous studies have shown the feasibility of making a hot-air-dried, chip-style product from persimmon. However, the texture of this type of product has not been explored or connected to consumer preference.

Synthesis of descriptive sensory attributes and hedonic rankings of dried persimmon ( sp.).

This work aimed to characterize the sensory attributes of hot air-dried persimmon () chips, correlate these attributes with consumer hedonic information, and, by doing so, present recommendations for cultivars that are most suitable for hot-air drying. A trained sensory panel evaluated dried persimmon samples (representing 40 cultivars) for flavor, taste/aftertaste, and texture. In addition, in each of two tests conducted in different years, more than 100 consumers provided hedonic evaluations of 21 unique samples in a ranking task with a balanced incomplete block design.