The sensory analysis was performed by 60 untrained
panellists in each section, selected for their affinity of
consuming paˆ te´ , lamb-derived products, and products made
with blood and viscera. The lamb paˆ te´ was presented
simultaneously at the usual consumption temperature,
spread on slices of bread, and accompanied by Cream Cracker
biscuits and water (to remove the aftertaste).
Panellists were asked to taste the samples for evaluation of
aroma, colour, flavour, texture and overall impression
attributes, using the nine-point hedonic scale as follows:
1 = extremely disliked, 5 = neither liked/or disliked, and
9 = extremely liked. For the purchase intention test, a fivepoint
structured scale was used, where 1 = Certainly would
buy, 3 = Maybe would buy/maybe would not buy and 5 = Certainly
would not buy. The sensory tests were performed
according to methodology proposed by Meilgaard, Civille, and
Carr (1991), after approval by the Ethics Research Centre of
Health Sciences, Federal University of Paraı´ba (n. 0218/11).