WANI Dictionary

Texture

Texture (food science) is a sensory characteristic representing structural, mechanical, and surface properdies of foods. Thus only sensory assessment can directly and accurately determine the textural feature.

Definitions in the literature

• Texture is a sensory attribute perceived through sight, hearing, and touch, and it is probably the most important sensory attribute linked to the structure of food [1].
• ... the sensory and functional manifestation of the structural, mechanical and surface properties of foods detected through the senses of vision, hearing, touch and kinaesthetics [2].