Preliminary sensory evaluation of edible flowers from wild Allium species

• Published in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture Vol. 93; no. 14; pp. 3520 - 3523
• Main Authors: D'Antuono, L Filippo, Manco, Manuela Agata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.2013; John Wiley and Sons, Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Aesthetics; Allium; Allium neapolitanum; Bulging; Cooking; Edible; edible flowers; flavor; Flavors; Flavours; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Food; Foods; growers; health promotion; hedonic profiling; Humans; Italy; Male; Markets; Middle Aged; niche markets; Nutrition; Popularity; Ratings; risk; Sensation; sensory analysis; sensory evaluation; Smell; Species Specificity; Taste; toxicity; Visual; wild food plants; Italy; MED; wild food plants; hedonic profiling; edible flowers; Allium; sensory analysis

BACKGROUND The use of edible flowers as an aesthetic and flavour component of specific dishes is gaining popularity, and their production is becoming an interesting niche market activity for growers. Allium is an important genus of flowering plants, also including traditional wild food species. The...