“…The Maillard reaction (MR) is involved in the formation of brown pigments via the condensation of a carbonyl group of reducing sugars, aldehydes or ketones with the amine group of amino acids (such as amino acids, peptides and proteins) or any nitrogenous compound (Kim & Lee, 2009). The complexity of the MR lies in the fact that it is influenced by numerous factors, such as temperature, pH, time, water activity, type and concentration of buffer, protein, amino acids, peptides or protein hydrolysates and sugar involved (Ajandouz, Desseaux, Tazi, & Puigserver, 2008;Ames, 1990;Lu, Hao, Payne, & Ho, 2005;Sumaya-Martinez, Thomas, Linard, Binet, & Guerard, 2005).…”