An apparatus for quantitative non-destructive texture attribute measurement of a food product comprising: a housing ; a laser generator attached to said housing; an acoustic capturing device , proximally located to said housing and configured to capture acoustic signals in a frequency range from 0.1 to 500 KHz; an ultrasound excitation device proximally located to said housing; an ultrasound capturing device proximally positioned with respect to said acoustic capturing device and configured to capture frequencies in the ultrasound signals in a frequency range from 0.1 MHz to 6 MHz; a data processing unit in communication with at least said acoustic capturing device and at least said ultrasound capturing device; wherein said laser generator is configured to direct a laser to strike said food product, thereby producing an acoustic signal to be detected by said acoustic capturing device; and said ultrasound exciting device is configured to direct an ultrasound wave to strike said food product, thereby producing an ultrasound signal to be detected by said ultrasound capturing device; wherein the data processing unit is configured to (i) quantitatively measure said texture attribute of said food product based on input from said acoustic capturing device and input from said ultrasound capturing device, (ii) convert the acoustic signal from a time domain to a frequency domain, (iii) identify relevant frequencies and their associated intensities, and (iv) quantify the texture attribute of the food product based on the relevant frequencies and the associated intensities, wherein the texture attribute is selected from a group comprising: hardness, fracturability, tooth-pack, crispiness, denseness, roughness of mass, moistness of mass, residual greasiness, surface roughness, and surface oiliness. a housing ; a laser generator attached to said housing; an acoustic capturing device , proximally located to said housing and configured to capture acoustic signals in a frequency range from 0.1 to 500 KHz; an ultrasound excitation device proximally located to said housing; an ultrasound capturing device proximally positioned with respect to said acoustic capturing device and configured to capture frequencies in the ultrasound signals in a frequency range from 0.1 MHz to 6 MHz; a data processing unit in communication with at least said acoustic capturing device and at least said ultrasound capturing device; wherein said laser generator is configured to direct a laser to strike said food product, thereby producing an acoustic signal to be detected by said acoustic capturing device; and said ultrasound exciting device is configured to direct an ultrasound wave to strike said food product, thereby producing an ultrasound signal to be detected by said ultrasound capturing device; wherein the data processing unit is configured to (i) quantitatively measure said texture attribute of said food product based on input from said acoustic capturing device and input from said ultrasound capturing device, (ii) convert the acoustic signal from a time domain to a frequency domain, (iii) identify relevant frequencies and their associated intensities, and (iv) quantify the texture attribute of the food product based on the relevant frequencies and the associated intensities, wherein the texture attribute is selected from a group comprising: hardness, fracturability, tooth-pack, crispiness, denseness, roughness of mass, moistness of mass, residual greasiness, surface roughness, and surface oiliness. <EOS>