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 sen- sory evaluation (Szczesniak, 1987)