“…In agreement with the present study, 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol) was also the predominant smoke component in smoke-cured bacon manufactured with different fiber coatings (Yu, Sun, Tian, Qu, 2008). Guaiacol is essential for the sensory characteristics of smoked meat products (Sheard, 2010), once it is primarily related with smoke flavor (Ellis, 2001 Olivares, Navarro, & Flores (2009) reported that the presence of aldehydes in meat products comes from lipid oxidation, Strecker degradation of amino acids, and…”