The two primary methods of infusing smoke flvor into meat products is through natural
smoke and liquid smoke with each type comprising of different smoke compounds resulting
in differences in organoleptic properties. The different specifi smoke compounds absorb
differently in water and fat. Limited research has been conducted on smoking fat, and how it
alters the organoleptic properties of fat. The objective of this research was to determine if cold
smoking fat prior to addition into sausages would generate a smoky flvor that the consumers
would accept. The consumers rated cold smoke fat samples the lowest (P < 0.05) for like of
flvor and overall like with no difference (P > 0.05) between the natural smoke and liquid
smoke samples. Like of flvor was correlated (P < 0.05) to overall like (r = 0.87), like of
texture (r = 0.63), and like of juiciness (r = 0.53). There were a greater (P < 0.05) percentage
of consumers who liked the flvor of the natural smoke (80.8%) and liquid smoke (68.5%)
sausages compared to cold smoke fat sausages (49.3%). Consumers who ranked the natural
smoke or cold smoke fat treatment the highest for like of flvor did not like the flvor of the
other treatments. Whereas, consumers who ranked the liquid smoke treatment the highest for
like of flvor where neutral for the flvor of natural smoke treatment, and did not like the flvor
of the cold smoke fat treatment.