To better serve the Canadian market, St. Croix Sensory opened its first international odour laboratory in Toronto, Canada in February 2023.
St. Croix Sensory – Canada , is a third-party odour laboratory, dedicated to providing quality odour data and exceptional customer service to our Canadian clients. The laboratory offers a full range of olfactory evaluations, including thresholds, characterization, intensity and persistency values.
St. Croix Sensory wants you to achieve your testing goals and works closely with your team to understand project objectives and develop successful testing protocols.
We partner with each client to consider qualitative and quantitative sensory testing methodologies and protocols utilizing either trained or consumer panels. Each project is completed following the most applicable ASTM International, CEN and ISO Standards.
Types of testing methodologies include:
A sampling of specific standards that can be utilized include:
St. Croix Sensory has extensive experience in conducting product and material testing. Sensory testing can provide answers to understand the unique characteristics through all phases of the product life-cycle.
Product and material evaluations can be performed for a variety of reasons. A few example applications include:
St. Croix Sensory provides expert sensory testing services to a wide variety of industries.
Consumer Packaged Goods, retail/grocery, restaurant and food service, ingredient suppliers, flavor companies, municipal and bottled water, pharmaceutical, and alcoholic beverages.
Some example food and beverage sensory testing applications include:
St. Croix Sensory has specific experience in chamber testing of air care products (such as air cleaners and air fresheners). Malodor reduction studies include a wide range of household odours including cooking, bathroom, pet, kitchen garbage, moldy/musty, cigarette smoke, and cannabis.
Some examples of air care sensory testing applications include:
Surface cleaners, carpet cleaners, laundry products, garbage bags…
Some examples of home care sensory testing applications include:
St. Croix Sensory has specific experience with cat litter evaluation studies utilizing real cat urine and feces for evaluation of product formulations, comparisons to benchmark, and final performance validation. Cat litter, animal bedding, cleaners…
Some examples of pet care sensory testing applications include:
Deodorant, cosmetics, diapers and other absorbent hygiene products…
Some examples of personal care sensory testing applications include:
St. Croix Sensory has specific experience in evaluation of absorbent hygiene products (e.g., incontinence products, feminine pads) including individual materials for these products (e.g., pulp, SAP, nonwoven fabrics) utilizing real human urine to provide real-world testing of these materials and finished products.
Performance fabrics, textile treatments, laundry products…
St. Croix Sensory has specific experience with conducting wear trials for testing of body odour control in performance fabrics as well as body odour control/reduction in laundry products. We utilize recruited workout subjects or everyday wear subjects to provide real-world testing of treated fabrics and laundry products.
Finishes, ceiling tiles, insulation…
Some examples of building material sensory testing applications include:
Paints, primers….
Some examples of coatings sensory testing applications include:
Chemical raw materials, finished products…
Some examples of fine chemical sensory testing applications include:
disinfectants and sanitizers, medical equipment, materials…
Some examples of medical product sensory testing applications include:
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The ASTM E18 Sensory Evaluation Committee published a new guidance document on odor testing protocols. ASTM E3261-21, Standard Guide for Odor Evaluation of Products and Materials Under Controlled Conditions with Trained Panel, was officially published in September 2021. “This guide is intended to become a reference document for other odor related ASTM methods. It providesContinue reading "ASTM Publishes New Guide on Odor Testing"
Mike McGinley traveled to Houston this October for ASTM standard development meetings and was presented with the E18 Sensory Evaluation Committee Award of Merit.