Cheese is produced using coagulated milk, which is fermented by means of microbiological cultures. In the course of ripening the typical cheese aroma compounds are built by a multitude of biochemical reactions. By application of the molecular sensory science concept on a matured Gouda cheese made from pasteurised milk, acetic, butanoic and 3-methylbutanoic acid, followed by 2,3-butandione and delta-decalactone, were characterized as the most important among 39 aroma compounds. The simulation of the Gouda aroma was achieved by the recombination of 15 key flavour compounds in their natural concentrations. Comparisons with a Gouda cheese made from raw milk, quantitative studies on single aroma compounds during maturation, as well as studies with isotopically labelled aroma precursors, provided a deep insight into flavour forming processes during cheese ripening.
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Cheese is produced using coagulated milk, which is fermented by means of microbiological cultures. In the course of ripening the typical cheese aroma compounds are built by a multitude of biochemical reactions. By application of the molecular sensory science concept on a matured Gouda cheese made from pasteurised milk, acetic, butanoic and 3-methylbutanoic acid, followed by 2,3-butandione and delta-decalactone, were characterized as the most important among 39 aroma compounds. The simulation of...
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