Job Title: Sensory Taste Panelist
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Duration: 12 Months
Pay Rate: $20/hour
Job Description:
- Panelists will evaluate the taste and smell of food, beverage, and odorant samples by meticulously following oral and written instructions.
- Samples will contain finished food and beverage products, product prototypes still in development, and simple dilutions (e.g., food ingredients dissolved in water); all sample ingredients will be disclosed to panelists in advance.
- Before being admitted to the panel, applicants will need to pass a series of sensory acuity screening tests. Panelists not admitted to the panel will be paid for their time.
Requirements:
- No experience required.
- Must be free of major food allergies and dietary restrictions.
- Should have good communication skills, willingness to take direction from panel leaders and work well within a team of other sensory panelists.
- Applicants should have an excellent sense of smell and of taste, as well as the ability to accurately describe what they taste and smell.
- Applicants should be free of aversions to nearly all common foods and beverages.