Sensory properties
Sensory evaluations were conducted to
evaluate the color, odor, texture, flavor and overall
acceptability of rice yogurt samples at 7 and 14 days
of the storage as described by Stone et al. (2012)
with slight modifications. Sensory attributes were
evaluated through a 1-4 scale (4- most preferred
to 1- least preferred) with 30 untrained panellists.
The tasting panel was randomly selected among
the students and staff members of the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka,
based on their willingness to participate the study.
The samples (80 g each) were served in white color
cups with randomly selected three digits numbers for
the evaluations. The sensory evaluation procedure
was approved by the Department of Animal and Food
Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.