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Sensory testing with KIDS!
Sensory testing with Sensory testing with KIDS!KIDS!
Sensory Symposium Cape TownSensory Symposium Cape Town13 August 200813 August 2008
Consumers In Focus Consumers In Focus -- Lorraine GeelLorraine Geel
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KIDS market is big business!!!!!
• 52% of SA younger than 24 years (STATSA)
• Average age of the population 15 years
• The tween market (8-12 years) spending worth is about R6 billion per annum
• Tweens influence their parents’ spending to the tune of R20 billion per annum
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KIDS market is big business!!!!!
• The urban sector– Employed urban market & their children– Represents 41% of the total South African market– 68% of the spending power
• The urban tween market represents a huge consumer base for the future (makes up 5.7% of the total population)
• Testing kids are essential
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What we know about KIDS and their senses?
• Sensory development of children begins in the 7th
week of pregnancy
• Sweet liking is already developed in the womb and continues from there
• Picky eaters could just mean that they are super tasters (more research needed)
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What do we know about KIDS and their senses?
• Olfactory senses linked to food do not develop fully until a child is 4-5 years
– Colour, shape and texture of food play a major role during a childs’early years
• Texture: Younger children (<10 years) prefer foods that are smooth
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What do we know about KIDS and their senses?
• Colour: – Kids favorite colours are red, blue and purple– Not too fond of brown (except chocolate)– Do not like green (physiological development)
• Shape: Mini-anything seems to have value added appeal
• Packaging: Kids must have control (give them the feeling of achievement)
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What do we know about KIDS and their senses?
• The preference for specific foods
– Largely learned
– Dependant on children's’ culture and environment
– Exposure effect
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Exposure effect
• New products may require repeated testing
• Introduce a new & unfamiliar element + something familiar = BETTER
• Influence of peers important
• Role models
WE LIKE WHAT IS
FAMILIAR!
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Testing young KIDS!!!!• Kids know what they like and dislike
– Babies can indicate what they like and dislike
• Preschoolers and infant research– Done in the home and include the mother
• Children older than 5 years– Differentiate degrees of liking and/or disliking.
• Keep It Dearly Simple!!!!
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Keep It Dearly Simple!!!!
• Young children have difficulty with concept formation (e.g. sweetness) and classification– Attention span limit their abilities
• Ability to rank things in order of magnitude is not fully mastered until age 7
DO NOT MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS!
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Keep It Dearly Simple!!!!
• Young children have limited– Memory skills
– Linguistic skills
• School-age children more mature– Reasoning ability
– Memory skills
– Language
DO NOT MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS!
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Testing Older children!!!
• Language is an issue
• Keep scales simple
• One-on-one interviews (age 5-8).
– Familiar flavour (children under 8)
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Testing Older children!!!
• Self-completion questionnaires for children older than 10 years
– Sweet and sour known
– Don’t like bitter
– Struggle to identify herbs and spices
– Less consistent responses to salt
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Kids Scales• Picture scale and P&K scales appears to work the
best– Super good– Really good– Good– Just a little good– Maybe good or maybe bad– Just a little bad– Bad– Really bad– Super bad
• Length of the scale appear to not be a issue (USA/UK research).
• South Africa: 5 point and 7 point scales recommended
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KIDS must be heard!!!!
• Right method = useful information
• Children require special handling
• Pay attention to:– Gaining confidence
– Providing motivation
– Expressing tasks in a language children understand
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Group dynamics
• Boys & Girls = challenge and debate
• Separate groups = more sharing of information
• Avoid authoritarian style
• Keep kids involved by having interesting activities
MAKE IT FUN!!!!
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Group dynamics
• Keep kids excited about working on a “real” project.
• Time of day – Availability– Product (e.g. breakfast cereal)
• Kids experience products holistically
MAKE IT FUN!!!!
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Safety number 1!
• Important
– Sufficient information
– Agreement from parents/guardian
– Food
– Environment
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Kids count!
• Fastest growing segment of the population
• 65% of household purchases have input from children
• Children know what they like and dislike
• Keep methods simple
• Keep children safe
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Kids count!
CORRECT METHOD
USEFUL INFORMATION
EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING
PRODUCT SUCCESS
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Sensory testing with KIDS!
Sensory testing with Sensory testing with KIDS!KIDS!
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