Nonenzymic browning reactions are usually accompanied by side reactions resulting in the formation of various flavour substances. The amount of volatile flavour compounds is very low in comparison with that of brown pigments. Flavour compounds are formed from intermediary reaction products by several secondary reactions : 1. cyclization of oligosubstituted hydroxylic, thiol, amine, carboxylic and carbonylic derivatives; 2. condensation of volatile carbonylic derivatives with amine, sulphur, or other carbonylic derivatives; 3. STRECKER degradation of amino acids and peptides by quinones, osones, and triosones; 4. aldolization of aldehydes, especially in presence of amines; 5. spontaneous or thermic decomposition of macromolecular brown pigments or intermediary SCHIFF bases; 6. binding of flavour compounds into flavour-neutral or modified-flavour derivatives. By modifying the composition of ingredients or by adjusting the processing and storage conditions it is possible to obtain desirable flavour properties.Browning reactions belong to the most important reactions taking place in food during processing and storage and involved in the formation of flavour substances [I]. Two types of browning reactions can occur in food material: 1. enzymic browning, caused by oxidation of chlorogenic acids and other polyphenolic substances into quinones, the reactions being catalyzed by polyphenoloxidases; 2. nonenzymic browning, caused by condensation and other reactions of carbonylic substances, most frequently catalyzed by amines.The nonenzyrnic browning reactions affect the flavour as they are accompanied by production of volatile substances.
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