Abstract:In order to explore the effect of texture on the sensory characteristics of vinegar soaked-soybean and improve the quality control system of vinegar soaked-soybean, quantitative descriptive analysis method (QDA) was used to evaluate and analyze the sensory characteristics of vinegar soaked-soybean in this work. The correlation between sensory characteristics and texture properties of vinegar soaked-soybean were studied. The processing of vinegar soaked-soybean was optimized by the quality prediction model and response surface methodology. The results indicated that there were significant differences in the sensory palatability (p<0.01) and sensory appearance (p<0.05) of different groups of vinegar soaked-soybean, and no significant difference in color, flavor and acidity. Furthermore, the sensory evaluation results could be predicted by the indicators measured by texture analyzer and the model equation was Y=-10.368-0.01X1+0.124X2-15.173X3. The response surface optimization obtained that the significant effects order of three factors were followed by vinegar-soybean ratio > soaking time > soaking temperature. The optimal soaking conditions of response surface methodology that provided the maximum palatability (6.60) were determined as follows: vinegar-soybean ratio 4.3, soaking temperature 25 ℃ and soaking time 67 d. The quality of vinegar soaked-soybean was optimal at this condition. It provided a theoretical basis for further improving the quality control system of vinegar soaked-soybean.