The Tasteocracy community is part of a bigger picture. The community helps provide information for consumer product testing. Companies across the country depend on testers — as well as the expertise we provide in designing and facilitating scientific tests — to ensure their products appeal to their customers.

We invite regular people just like you to participate in paid product tests and provide their opinions about the product they are testing. Many of the products we test are food products. The majority of our tests take place at a specific location on a specific date. Qualified participants pick testing times that best suit their schedules.

Anyone age 18 to 65 and living or working within driving distance of our testing locations. Children are welcome but must be signed up by a parent/guardian who is already part of the program. We do have tests for adults over 65, but they are infrequent.

Yes. Those with specific food allergies will have fewer testing opportunities than those who do not have any food allergies, but there are occasionally tests for products that are not food related.

Additionally, we sometimes have tests for products that are being designed for those with specific allergies and sensitivities. Because many of the food products we test are still in design, we can guarantee that they are safe to consume, but we cannot guarantee that they do not contain specific allergens. For example, even though a product might not have peanuts listed as an ingredient, we cannot guarantee that there is not peanut in the test product.

When you are signing up and completing your profile, it is important to properly identify allergies or sensitivities so that we may invite you to screen only for tests that are safe for you.

Yes! We conduct tests with testers as young as 5 years old. You may register your children by logging into your account and going to PROFILE and clicking on MY HOUSEHOLD. When there is a testing opportunity for your child, it will show up on your available studies page.

When your child is scheduled for something, it will show up on your scheduled tests page. We also conduct paired tests where a parent and child test together.

The best way to find out about testing opportunities is to log in to your Tasteocracy account and click on AVAILABLE SURVEYS on your account page. Remember to provide your mobile number and opt in to receive texts, so we can notify you about opportunities that are the best fit for you! We will also announce tests on social media; however, not all tests announced this way will be available to you based on the specific demographic requirements of each test.

We may contact you directly via email, text message (if you have opted in to receive text messages), computerized phone call or one of our Customer Care representatives, but this will not occur for every test for which you are eligible.

If you have not tested in the past 60 days and call our customer care line during normal business hours from the preferred number on your account, you may choose to listen to a select list of currently open studies.

After answering all of the questions on a screening survey, if your responses qualify you for participation, you will be directed to the SESSION SELECTOR. If one of the sessions presented works with your schedule, click “Schedule” right next to that session time. You will get an email with the logistical details automatically sent to the email address we have on file. Your dashboard will also display your scheduled session information.

• Single-day tests — You will be handed a check upon the completion of your test session.
• Multi-day tests — You will be handed a check upon the completion of your last test session.
• Home-use tests — You will be mailed a check no later than two weeks after your completion of all test requirements.

We value your participation and compensate you for your time and opinions. The amount of compensation is related to the length of the test. Tests that have a longer time commitment have a higher compensation amount. All tests average at $40 per hour of participation.

We contact testers directly via email, phone and text (if opted in). We may contact you to invite you to screen for a test or complete a screening process that is underway, confirm that you are scheduled for a test, remind you of a scheduled test or verify aspects of your tester profile. Tasteocracy also sends a monthly email newsletter conveying important information and announcing upcoming promotions.

Tasteocracy is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of our testers. You can be assured that we will never sell or share your personal information and that your responses to survey questions remain confidential and are reported once combined with other testers’ responses.

• We require personal information such as name, address, phone number, date of birth, gender and email address in order to provide you testing opportunities and to create valid check payments.
• We require information about allergies and sensitivities so that we can ensure your safety at our tests
• We request additional demo graphic information such as type of house, income, education, ethnicity so that we can better focus you on the tests for which you are most likely to qualify.