The evaluation of the analysed attributes given by the judges at
the beginning and after 49 days of storage at 4 C is shown in Fig. 5.
According to the obtained results, product C, submitted to the
mildest treatment, was the one preferred by the judges for its taste,
aroma and visual appearance. Likewise, judges selected this product to be the sweetest, the least astringent and the one with the
most intense orange colour, which reveals that these attributes
were valued positively by the panellists
As it has been explained above, a second sensory analysis was
performed with the spreadable persimmon products after 49 days
of storage in refrigeration to evaluate the effect of storage. The
preferences of judges changed for some of the evaluated attributes.
In this case, product B was the sample appreciated by the panellists
as the most orange and the sweetest, whereas at the initial time of
storage it was product C. This result agrees with the evolution of
this product from yellowish tones to orange ones. In spite of these
modifications in the perception of colour and sweetness, the
spreadable product C was again the most appreciated for its visual
appearance and texture. In addition, product A was evaluated as
being the most astringent, although just 10% of the judges (less
than at the beginning of storage) considered that it was proving
to be troublesome for consumption. This perception is corroborated by the analytical one, since product A presented the highest
soluble tannin content among the samples stored under refrigeration for 49 days (Fig. 5).