Sensory characterization of pinni - a milk cereal based sweet using quantitative descriptive analysis and principal component analysis

© Abstract: Pinni is a popular traditional milk-cereal based sweet of northern states of India viz., Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Market samples were collected and were evaluated for various quality attributes. Quantitative Descriptive Analysis revealed significant difference (p<0.05) in sensorial, physico-chemical, textural attributes of pinni among the market samples. Principal Component Analysis identified key six components comprising of shape, crumbliness, cooked flavour, colour, firmness, oxidized flavour, gumminess, chewiness, cohesiveness, surface appearance and coating and moisture absorption, which governed 78.66% of the variation in the sensory scores of pinni . Hence, these attributes may be given prime importance while developing technology for industrial scale production of pinni