Objective 3: Evaluate quality of mechanically harvested olive fruit
- Diane Barrett and Jean-Xavier Guinard (Principal Investigators)
| An Olive Tasting: June 23, 2008 A tasting panel was convened on the UC Davis campus on June 23, 2008, to evaluate processed olives from the experimental harvests of Fall 2007. Treatments included olives from hand-harvested and mechanically harvested lots, and olives harvested from a traditional and a hedgerow orchard. The tasting was conducted by Soh Min Lee, a graduate student in Food Sciences and Technology, working with Dr. Jean-Xavier Guinard. The 7-member panel received extensive training in the process of evaluation, involving discerment of aroma, texture and firmness, as well as taste. Dr. Ferguson participated in this event, as an unofficial taster. The findings of Ms. Lee's panel: |  Soh Min Lee at the tasting | |
 Panel receives instructions |  Sampling aroma |  Sampling for taste |