Correlations between sensory and instrumental measurements
of texture result in: (1) finding instruments to measure quality
control of food in industries; (2) predicting consumer response,
as the degree of liking and the overall acceptance of a new product;
(3) understanding what is being sensed and perceived in the
mouth during the sensory assessment of texture; (4) improving
or optimizing instrumental methods to complementary the sensory
evaluation (Szczesniak, 1987).