Liha töötlemine
1993a, b; Toldrá
(Tabilo et al. 1999). 1998, 2007b). The released free fatty acids
are then partly oxidized, generating a large
number of volatile compounds with particu-
Flavor
lar aroma characteristics (Berdagué et al.
The term flavor represents the overall percep- 1991; Buscailhon et al. 1993; Coutron-
tion of taste and aroma. Taste is mainly asso- Gambetti and Gandemer 1999). These vola-
ciated with nonvolatile compounds, such as tile compounds, nearly two hundred of them,
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are representative of most classes of organic decarboxylase activity. Some molds (usually
compounds, such as aldehydes, alcohols, Penicillium) and yeasts (mainly Candida