“…3 , the total amount of various volatile substances, such as aldehydes, alcohols, furans, alkenes, and ketones, was the highest in chicken broth stewed for 2.5 h, with values of 8,840.82 ng/100 mL, 1,012.98 ng/100 mL, 148.15 ng/100 mL, 643.77 ng/100 mL, and 297.28 ng/100 mL, respectively. This indicated that the volatile compounds in chicken broth were mainly composed of aldehydes, which were important for the formation of the unique meat flavor of chicken broth (Supplementary Table S4; Barola et al, 2020 ; Qi et al, 2017 ). Among the aldehydes, hexanal had the largest concentration rise, reaching 5,393.02 ng/100 mL, showing that hexanal had a substantial part in the flavor of chicken broth, which is consistent with earlier research ( Xu et al, 2020 ).…”