Key Aroma Compounds of Dark Chocolates Differing in Organoleptic Properties: A GC-O Comparative Study
Zoé Deuscher, Karine Gourrat, Marie Repoux, Renaud Boulanger, Hélène Labouré & Jean-Luc Le Quéré · Molecules
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Published2020-04-15
DOI10.3390/molecules25081809
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dark chocolatecocoagas chromatography–olfactometry
A gas chromatography–olfactometry comparison of dark chocolates found that heterocyclic compounds such as furanones, pyranones, lactones, a pyrrole and a pyrazine played a prominent role among the odorants that distinguished their aromas, together with secondary alcohols, acids and esters.
Odorants that tell twelve dark chocolates apart, not a complete account of dark chocolate aroma.EXTERNAL RECORD