Free Choice Profiling is a rapid sensory profiling method which does not require a consensus vocabulary.
Each assessor individually determines their own list of attributes by which he/she evaluates the
samples. Samples are then rated by the assessor for the intensity of each descriptive term in his/her
attribute list using line scales. This saves the time spent in traditional profiling training the panel on
the descriptive terms and producing a standard lexicon. The output of free choice profiling is a map of
the samples the dimensions of which are defined by the attributes used.