Wisconsin

As part of the 2021 Team Nutrition Training Grant, Wisconsin Team Nutrition contracted with school sites to conduct student taste tests of recipes featuring local agricultural products. Each site tested one recipe with elementary, middle, and high school students. Recipes that did not meet the 85% acceptability rating, were modified based on student feedback. To ensure that constructive feedback was provided at the middle and high school level, Wisconsin Team Nutrition developed a taste test ballot that allowed students to select specific characteristics of the taste and texture that they found undesirable. This provided useful information as Wisconsin Team Nutrition was able to make specific modifications to the recipes, tailoring more towards student preferences, and allowing for a successful second round of taste tests.