Product optimisation & material testing
product optimisation & material testing
Our senses help us decide about the desirable and less desirable properties of products and materials.
Sensory analysis, especially the assessment of odour concentration, helps to optimise your product both on the level of perception and costs. Odournet can assist in assessing and optimising the sensory attributes of 
products and materials and to monitor the sensory quality of your product. We can assess how your product is perceived, in particular its odour, using trained or naive sensory panels.
Using molecular analysis we can also find the reasons behind this perception, using high definition GCMS and GC sniffing.
A range of standard techniques are used, and bespoke tests are designed routinely:
- Dynamic olfactometry, odour intensity and hedonic tone tests, using 'representative' and 'trained' panels
- Headspace sniffing tests, using expert panels with standardised olfactory acuity
- GCMS and GC sniffing, combining GC separation with sensory analysis
- Determination of polarity and aromatic profiles
- Online surveys and instant SMS text message surveys
- Field research (in-use tests)
Recent examples of product and material testing involve automobile parts,
personal hygiene, deodorants and sanitary products, incontinence control
products, textiles, natural gas odorisation, electrical equipment, electronic
parts, household appliances etc.
