“…Indeed, substantially more reactions between free amino groups and reducing sugars occur during baking of dough made with flour from sprouted wheat than with regular flour (Lasekan, Lasekan, & Idowu, ; Tian et al., ; van Boekel, ). Furthermore, longer sprouting times increase the level of undesirable flavors and odors due to increased lipase and lipoxygenase action leading to aldehydes, free phenolic compounds, heterocyclic substances, and dimethyl sulfide (Dong et al., ; Heiniö, Oksman‐Caldentey, Latva‐Kala, Lehtinen, & Poutanen, ; Wu, Yang, Chen, Jin, & Xu, ). When present in too high concentrations, these compounds impart rancid, fatty, cabbage‐like, and beany flavors to products (Wu et al., ).…”