ISO 4121:1987Withdrawn

Sensory analysis — Methodology — Evaluation of food products by methods using scales

Analyse sensorielle — Méthodologie — Évaluation des produits alimentaires par des méthodes utilisant des échelles

This edition has been replaced by ISO 4121:2003.

Abstract / scope

Three sections are given: 1. guidance and general conditions for two types of test; 2. tests using interval or ratio scales, for the evaluation of food products by the allocation of scores; 3. tests used evaluating specific food products, consisting of classifying these products as a whole or by their particular attributes, using ordinal scales, by means of a score or expression.

Life cycle

Replaced by

ISO/CD 4121Deleted (project abandoned)Sensory analysis — Methodology — Evaluation of food products by methods using scalesInternational Standard · ISO/TC 34/SC 12ISO 4121:2003PublishedSensory analysis — Guidelines for the use of quantitative response scalesInternational Standard · Published 12 Nov 2003 · ISO/TC 34/SC 12