751502 - Food product taster

Checks, tastes, and sorts various agricultural products, food products, and beverages according to quality. Checks food products and beverages, tastes them at various stages of their production, rejects products of poor quality. Evaluates food products, knows about food production and processing, as well as about taste and aroma characteristics and their influence on taste sensation.

Main activities

* evaluates, compares, and classifies taste and aroma characteristics;
* tests the taste and quality of food products, performs difference analysis and uses various testing methods;
* records and makes test results and evaluation entries;
* collaborates with manufacturers and food consumers, provides recommendations for taste improvement and new product development;
* uses the latest food tasting technologies and methods.

Characteristic competences

* evaluate tastes and aromas;
* know food production and processing;
* know taste and aroma characteristics;
* perform taste and quality testing;
* collaborate with colleagues.