Elsevier Flavour in Food (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition)

The flavour of a food is one of its most important qualities. Edited by two leading authorities in the field, and with a distinguished international team of contributors, this important collection summarises the wealth of recent research on how flavour develops in food and is then perceived by the consumer. The first part of the book reviews ways of measuring flavour. Part two looks at the ways flavour is retained and released in food. It considers the way flavour is retained in particular food matrices, how flavour is released during the process of eating, and the range of influences governing how flavour is perceived by the consumer. Flavour in food guides the reader through a complex subject and provides the essential foundation in both understanding and controlling food flavour. Key Features: understand how flavour is detected and measured; analyses key research in the retention and release of flavour compounds; examines how humans experience flavour release. Contents: Part 1 Characterisation of aroma compounds: The human perception of taste compounds; Processing information about flavour; Sensory analysis of food flavour; Choosing the correct analytical technique in aroma analysis; Matching sensory and instrumental data. Part 2 Flavour retention and release from the food matrix: Flavour retention and release from the food matrix: an overview; Lipid-flavour interactions; Emulsion-flavour interactions; Protein-flavour interactions; Carbohydrate-flavour interactions; Modelling aroma interactions in food matrices; Flavour release from liquid food products. Part 3 Influences on flavour perception: The processing of flavour release; Genetic influences on taste; Texture-aroma interactions; Odour-taste interactions in flavour perception; The learning of human flavour preferences; The development of flavour perception from infancy to adulthood.