Freezing Treatments for Ectomyelois ceratoniae Mortality and Maintenance of Deglet Noor Palm Date Quality

Table 2

Guide of sensory evaluation for date fruits.

Score for quality level	1	2	3	4	5
Color	Very dark/very yellow	Dark brown/yellowish brown	No uniform brown	Caramelized brown	Translucent brown uniform and bright color
Texture	Very soft, deformed, and glued/very firm and wrinkled	Quite soft, skin separated from pulp, and sticky	Soft but keeps its shape	Uniform firmness	Firmness uniform with its original shape when gently pressed with your fingers, not too dry, not too sticky
Flavor	High acidity/high fermentation/bitterness	Slightly acid/fermented, strange taste	Sweet just enough without foreign flavors	Sufficiently sweet	High perception of sweetness
Overall quality	Extremely poor	Poor	Acceptable and limit of usability	Good	Excellent