Dr. Caporaso has 40 years of experience as a sensory scientist. Although much of his research has been proprietary, he has published in top peer-reviewed journals, completed hundreds of sensory testing contracts for local, national and international food companies (e.g. Con Agra/Hunt-Wesson, Nestle/Carnation, BakeMark, King’s Hawaiian Bakeries, Ready Pac Produce, Baskin-Robbins, etc.). Dr. Caporaso has been an expert witness in significant sensory testing litigation cases (noted below). In addition, he was profiled in both the Wall Street Journal (11-25-98) and The Chronicle of Higher Education (2-23-94) and has appeared as an expert on the hit TV show Myth Busters.

Dr. Caporaso has been an active member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT, the scientific society for food science and technology with 17,000 members worldwide). His key awards include IFT Fellow (1999), Southern California IFT Section’s Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award (2004), “150 Faces of Chapman” – selected as important and essential in the university’s history, upward trajectory, and daily life (2011) and Chapman’s “Million Dollar Club” for research grants secured (2013).

NOTE:  Expert witness experiences include:

• National Association of Attorneys General vs. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco regarding marketing flavored products to target underage consumers. (multi-state)
• Sensory studies for carpet cleaner advertising claims by the two leading companies in the USA (New York).
• Fish flesh tainting by a paper pulp processor vs. the Canadian government (British Columbia).
• Determination of smoke damage in a major frozen foods warehouse fire (Nebraska).