The terms selection was performed in three sessions. In the first
session, the samples were presented to the panelists in order to
generate the texture descriptors. Panelists were asked to generate
their individual descriptors using the Kelly’s Repertory Grid
Method (Moskowitz, 1983). In an open discussion with the panel
leader, panelists agreed on the best descriptors to describe the
samples. In the second session were defined the attribute name,
the definition, the technique, the scale and the references of the
texture descriptors. In the last session, the references were
presented to the panelists, indicating the intensity of the reference
on an unstructured scale. Because there is a logical sequence of
steps in which a food is consumed (e.g. first bite, chewing,
chewdown, swallow, etc.), it is appropriate to evaluate the
attributes in four different aspects of texture in the following
order: surface, first bite, chewdown and residual. The consensus of
the definitions of the descriptors generated by the panelists is
shown in Table 2.