New Test Method For Qualifying Consistency Of Soft Solid Dips

Soft solid dips can offer popular flavor-enhancing additives when used to coat various baked goods and vegetables to improve taste. Chips and veggie sticks immersed into a bowl of hummus, for example, give the consumer not only a new sensation for mouth feel, but also a source of added nourishment made possible by the chick peas. Hummus is a Middle Eastern food usually served as an appetizer, dip, or spread.

Consistency of hummus is important to control in order to ensure that the dipping action for fragile items, like a potato or corn chip, is successful. The chip in particular must remain in one piece and not break apart when dipped. The hummus must have sufficient adhesive characteristic to stick to the chip and not fall off.