“…The successful development of hydrocolloid-based new products, therefore, is bound to depend on understanding the mechanisms by which flavour compounds are entrapped in the food matrix and released upon consumption. Since polysaccharide addition may determine to a great extent the rheological and textural characteristics of a product, through the development of a matrix that may or may not exhibit gel characteristics, a large number of studies have been conducted in the last two decades to establish the relationship between the hydrocolloid matrix structure, on one hand, and the flavour retention and release, mainly of the volatile aroma compounds, on the other (Evageliou, Galanaki, Gardeli, & Komaitis, 2011;Jouquand, Aguni, Malhiac, & Grisel, 2008;Paraskevopoulou, Tsoukala, & Kiosseoglou, 2009;Savary, Lafarge, Doublier, & Cayot, 2007;Secouard, Malhiac, Grisel, & Decroix, 2003;Terta, Blekas, & Paraskevopoulou, 2006;Zafeiropoulou, Evageliou, Gardeli, Yanniotis, & Komaitis, 2010, 2012. The general conclusion of most of these studies was that in the presence of polysaccharides flavour compounds release from the system is retarded, with the extent and rate of release depending on the polysaccharide molecular structure and interaction as well as on the flavour compound properties.…”