“…Headspace volatiles from meat products can be generally grouped into 6 major classes: aldehydes, hydrocarbons, ketones, alcohols, sulfides and branched hydrocarbons (BHC). Aldehydes and hydrocarbons, including BHC, are the most represented classes in pork meat as reported by numerous authors (Mottram, ; Yasuhara and Shibamoto, ). Ketones and alcohols are the result of the thermal degradation of the hydroperoxides and primary oxidation products of fatty acids (Frankel, ; Frankel and Gardner, ).…”