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My family and I are part of this, just got back from another one. Tonight I spent about an hour looking at, eating, and evaluating burritos and thier potential packaging. I got paid $40.

Over the past couple years, I have tested yougurt, Zinger-like snack cakes, frozen pizza, ice cream sandwiches, frozen burritos, shelf-stable microwaveable meals, hot dogs, cereal, prepare at home meals, and more. Sometimes it's different versions of the same thing (like tonight) or several products a company is trying to nail down.

The pay is somewhere between 25 and 75, takes anywhere from 1/2 hour to 2 hours and the pay is based on the time usually. They pre-qualify you each time before scheduling a test so you usually don't know what it might be until after the qulaifying questions but you can figure it out.

The evaluation is simple 1-10 type scale grading with very little additional input requested. There's no right or wrong, just your opinion. Even the kid's tests are made for thier level and there's staff there to help and guide everyone along at a calm pace.

You can only do 1 test every 2 months, but between my wife, both kids and I, it's a little extra cash for simple work. You pick what areas you're willing to drive to for tests. I live and work in the NW twin cities, so I chose the areas from 35W west all the way down to 394. You can usually pick from a couple times over a couple days.

So tonight, I got paid $40 to eat 3 halves of burritos and got a free bottle of water.