5.2.2. Assessment of typicality with the help of texture and aroma lexicons
Some years ago, a collaborative study was developed under the COST action 901 and the programme FLAIR. This study concerned a group of sensory analysis of cheese. The objective was to harmonize the training of the tasting panel and to develop a common method for characterizing hard and semi-hard cheese. This study also led to a common lexicon. The characteristics of surface, mechanical, geometrical and other kinaesthetic and oral sensations were studied for different cheeses with PDO labels such as Appenzeller for Switzerland, Parmigiano-Regiano and Fontina for Italy, Mahon for Spain and Comte ́ for France (Lavanchy et al., 1993).