Our building block for your success
Our integrated Sensory & Consumer Science (SCS) solutions and perfectly tuned testing methods provide detailed responses to any questions related to sensory science. This way, you can be sure to make informed business decisions for your next successful product.
We utilise all of our expertise in the fields of sensory and consumer science for the whole food and beverage industry to support you with developing, optimising and successfully bringing your products to market. Our expertise enables you to better understand your consumers and develop products that inspire them in the long term.
Our portfolio includes products and services in the following fields:
- Sensory Science
- Consumer Science
- Sensory training and training references
Our sensory science offerings are the perfect complement to our product portfolio. Optimise your product development and ensure your market success!
Inspire your target group with a unique multi-sensory experience
Perfect taste alone is not enough! A perfect product should appeal to all senses equally. Consumers can only enjoy a truly multi-sensory experience when appearance, smell, taste and mouthfeel combine in perfect harmony. This is why we always take a holistic, multi-sensory approach when considering a product. Because a product only truly comes to life through the perfect combination of selected ingredients, which in turn creates tangible added value for your target group.
Our solutions for you – from idea to implementation
We find the right, tailor-made solution for your needs, using our trained sensory experts, a global network of consumer panels and sensory training, including sensory training references to help your employees learn the “language” of sensory experts.
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Our toolkit
Döhler SCS offers a broad portfolio of test methods from sensory and consumer science as well as sensory training sessions that can be tailored to suit your needs and your specific research objectives. All methods have been tried and tested and are also used for internal research at Döhler. This means that we can offer the food and beverage industry a unique, integrated research approach for long-term product success.
Describing the taste of your products
Your benefits:
- Objective description of a product’s sensory impressions
- Comparison of sensory product attributes
- Panel of over 200 highly qualified sensory experts for your project
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Detecting perceptible sensory differences
Your benefits:
- Check whether or not sensory differences are perceptible
- Identify the variant that is most similar to a benchmark recipe
- Panel of over 350 trained sensory experts for your project
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Our knowledge for your success
Your benefits:
- Gain sensory expertise and receive advice on sensory questions
- Establish a standardised sensory language
- Train your employees’ sensory skills
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A smart tool to help learn the “language” of sensory experts
Your benefits:
- Receive efficient training and expand your sensory vocabulary
- Develop a standardised sensory language within your company
- Ready-to-use, safe and user-friendly sniffing sticks
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Screen and validate product ideas and the most promising variants
Your benefits:
- Save on resources by prioritising ideas
- Gain useful insights that can be implemented directly in new recipes
Quick and consumer-centric decision making
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Measuring the sensory acceptance of products
Your benefits:
- Measure product acceptance
- Identify possible optimisation potential with clear recommendations
- Identify the most promising recipes or variants
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Identifying the drivers of liking and disliking
Your benefits:
- Identify the sensory attributes that increase or decrease a product's acceptance
- Identify the product that is closest to what consumers are ideally looking for
- Gain a general understanding of your product categories from a sensory point of view
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Developing innovative products with input from the consumer
Your benefits:
- Develop products and concepts with input from the consumer
- Receive direct consumer feedback that can be used directly for optimisation
- Quick, flexible and interactive development processes
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We are the specialists in sensory and consumer science in the food and beverage industry, with comprehensive expertise and years of experience in all categories. We speak the language of product developers and translate our research results into clear and comprehensible recommendations.
