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Comparison of the volatile components of two cultivars of potato cooked by boiling, conventional baking and microwave baking
Author(s) -
OrunaConcha Maria J,
Bakker Jokie,
Ames Jennifer M
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.1148
Subject(s) - maillard reaction , flavour , chemistry , food science , cultivar , tenax , yield (engineering) , sugar , boiling , aroma , flavor , organoleptic , gas chromatography , chromatography , horticulture , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy , biology
Abstract Tubers of two cultivars (Estima and Maris Piper) of potato were cooked by three different procedures, ie boiling, conventional baking and microwave baking. Peeled and sliced tubers were boiled, while intact potatoes were baked in their skins. Flavour components from the boiled slices and the flesh of the baked tubers were isolated by headspace adsorption onto Tenax and analysed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). For all cooking procedures, Estima gave stronger isolates than Maris Piper. The two main sources of flavour compounds (regardless of cooking procedure) were lipid degradation and the Maillard reaction and/or sugar degradation. The ratio (yield derived from lipid)/(yield derived from Maillard reaction and/or sugar) decreased from 8.5–9.1 (boiling) to 2.7–3.4 (microwave baking) and to 0.4–1.1 (conventional baking). Quantitative and qualitative differences among the cooking procedures are explained in terms of the variations in heat and mass transfer processes that occurred. Each cooking procedure resulted in a unique profile of flavour compounds. © 2002 Society of Chemical Industry