makusekoitusmatriisia

The term makusekoitusmatriisia is a Finnish compound noun formed from maku, sekoitus and matriisi. It translates roughly to "taste-mixing matrix." It is not a standardized term in culinary science or linguistics and does not appear in major dictionaries.

In theoretical discussions, it can describe a framework for quantifying how individual ingredients contribute to a blend of flavors, using a matrix structure where ingredients are columns and sensory attributes are rows. Each cell represents the estimated contribution of an ingredient to an attribute, enabling predictions of a formulation's overall flavor and guiding product development. The concept is often illustrated with sensory data from panels or consumer tests.

In practice, its use is ambiguous and context-dependent; some references treat it as a metaphor for flavor engineering, while others present it as a formal modeling tool in flavor science. Because there is no universally accepted definition, the term tends to vary by author.

Related concepts include flavor matrix, sensory analysis, and matrix methods in statistics and data modeling.