2.9. Sensory analysis
The steaks used for sensory panel evaluationswere cooked as previously described forWBSF, removed fromthe grill and immediately subsampled by cutting cubes, taking care to avoid large pieces of external fat or connective tissue. Cubes were wrapped in codified aluminium foil and stored at 60 °C in a warming cabinet until they were served to the taste panel. Four sessions of sensory tests were performed to evaluate the effects of the dietary fat supplementation in a standardised tasting room. The sampleswere served randomly to a nine-member trained sensory panel, which had been trained in sensory assessment (ISO 8586–1, 1992) and was familiar with sensory assessment of meat. Special
training was undertaken in order to recognize attributes before beginning the process of evaluating the pork samples. Panellists used semi-structured and continuous scales to quantify pork, fat, urine and acid odour intensity (0=no odour to 10=very intense odour), tenderness (0=very tough to 10=very tender), juiciness (0=very dry to 10=very juicy), fibrousness (0=low fibrous to 10=very fibrous), pork, fat and acid flavour intensity (0=no flavour to 10=very intense flavour) and overall liking (0=unpleasant to 10=very pleasant).