Sensory preference and discrimination of wild-caught and cultured yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Wild-caught and cultured yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were compared for overall difference and preference. Judges (n = 52) completed 2 replications each of both a paired preference and a triangle test. Results were analyzed using the beta-binomial model. Findings indicate that samples were significantly different from each other (P = 0.0001) but there was no significant preference for either sample (P = 0.1167). For both tests, overdispersion, or panelist variability, was very low, indicating judges were acting similarly and the binomial model better fit the data. Judges' comments were contradictory and inconsistent, making it impossible to determine the exact nature of the difference.