Standards

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Award scope

Use this pathway to answer:

01Judged on taste02Blind before response lock03Consumer-side majority04A comment after every valid initial assessment
  • What does Good Taste Awards assess?
  • Which subjects are excluded from the star?
  • Why must the Target Population be defined?
  • What does product-specific recognition mean?

Primary sources: GTA-STD-100 and GTA-METHOD-001.

02

Overall Liking and sensory evidence

Use this pathway for the response scale, independent locking, the sole primary input, explanatory sensory evidence and response validity.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-200, GTA-SCH-201 and GTA-METHOD-001.

03

Candidate, progression and confirmation

Use this pathway to understand the initial, progressed, extended and final decision points; deterministic candidate calculation; professional confirmation; independent review; and confirmed-level preservation.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-200, GTA-SCH-202 and GTA-DATA-003.

04

Assessors and panels

Use this pathway for consumer-side and professional tracks, Target Population fit, qualification, conflicts, temporary fitness, panel composition, Panel Lead authority and confidentiality.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-400 and GTA-SCH-401.

05

Eligibility and classification

Use this pathway to decide whether a product can enter and how public category, product type and preparation method remain distinct.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-100, GTA-SCH-301 and GTA-OPS-101 public projection. Supporting guidance: GTA-GDE-001, GTA-GDE-002 and category pages.

06

Sample quantity and shipment

Use this pathway for usable portion, assessment blocks, preparation loss, control quantity, contingency, representative-unit minimum, supply configuration, condition and delivery acceptance.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-300, GTA-SCH-302, and the public projections of GTA-OPS-102 and GTA-OPS-103.

07

Preparation and presentation

Use this pathway for cooking, brewing, dilution, carrier, temperature, holding, portion, palate recovery, order and presentation incidents.

Primary sources: GTA-SCH-303, applicable category module, and GTA-OPS-104 public projection. Supporting guidance: method profiles and category guides.

08

Results, comments and stars

Use this pathway for result states, exact star meanings, comment entitlement, no-star comments, public publication and approved ordinary statements.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-500 and GTA-SCH-501.

09

Award marks and claims

Use this pathway for product association, official mark assets, packaging use, digital badges, certificates, alterations, permissions, misuse and comparative-claim boundaries.

Primary sources: GTA-SCH-502 and GTA-STD-500.

10

Review, correction and oversight

Use this pathway for incident handling, records, raw-response preservation, audit events, review grounds, reassessment, correction, suspension and withdrawal.

Primary sources: GTA-STD-600, GTA-REVIEW-001 and the applicable public procedure projections.

11

Public result data and record meaning

Use this pathway for defined result information, stable product and record identity, publication boundaries and the meaning of the data shown to the public.

Primary sources: the GTA-DATA document family.

12

Standards publication

Use this pathway for document authority, permanent links, search, accessibility, fixed versions and publication integrity.

Primary sources: GTA-PUB-001 through GTA-PUB-005 and GTA-ARCH-001.