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Nikos Pagidas

Sensory Leader - Kellogg Company
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Nikos Pagidas worked as Sensory & Consumer Sciences Manager at Kerry Europe & Russia, supporting new product development and strategic taste & nutrition initiatives. Previously, Dr. Pagidas was the Sensory & Consumer Insights Director at Sensory Research Ltd. providing multinational companies with training and also support on their sensory and consumer research needs. Dr Pagidas has also worked as a researcher at University College Cork, developing nutraceutical products with optimised sensorial properties.Dr. Pagidas received his Ph.D. from University College Cork and his M.Sc. from the University of Teesside.
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The Future of Food Preference – What You Should Know from the 13th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium

Author(s): Ciarán Forde, PhD, Keri McCrickerd, PhD, and Nikos Padigas, PhD

Key takeaways from Pangborn 2019: Eating experience and environment has a large impact on food preference. Researchers and those seeking to maximize food preference need to consider consumer experience, using immersive techniques (e.g. augmented reality) to collect more realistic data. Sensory cues can be used to design products that can help make the healthy choice… Read more »