Le Quéré, J.-L.; Schoumacker, R. Dynamic Instrumental and Sensory Methods Used to Link Aroma Release and Aroma Perception: A Review. Molecules2023, 28, 6308.
Le Quéré, J.-L.; Schoumacker, R. Dynamic Instrumental and Sensory Methods Used to Link Aroma Release and Aroma Perception: A Review. Molecules 2023, 28, 6308.
Le Quéré, J.-L.; Schoumacker, R. Dynamic Instrumental and Sensory Methods Used to Link Aroma Release and Aroma Perception: A Review. Molecules2023, 28, 6308.
Le Quéré, J.-L.; Schoumacker, R. Dynamic Instrumental and Sensory Methods Used to Link Aroma Release and Aroma Perception: A Review. Molecules 2023, 28, 6308.
Abstract
Perception of flavor is a dynamic process during which the concentration of aroma molecules at the olfactory epithelium varies with time as they are released progressively from the food in the mouth during consumption. The release kinetics depends on the food matrix itself, but also on food oral processing, such as mastication behavior and food bolus formation with saliva, for which huge inter-individual variations exist due to physiological differences. Sensory methods, such as time-intensity (TI), or the more recent methods temporal dominance of sensations (TDS) and temporal check-all-that-apply (TCATA), are used to account for the dynamic and time-related aspects of flavor perception. Direct injection mass spectrometry (DIMS) techniques that measure in real-time aroma compounds directly in the nose (nosespace), aimed at obtaining data that reflect the pattern of aroma release in real-time during food consumption, supposed to be representative of perception, have been developed since 25 years. Examples obtained with MS operated in chemical ionization mode at atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressure (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization APCI or proton transfer reaction PTR) will be given, with emphases on studies conducted with simultaneous dynamic sensory evaluation. Inter-individual variations in terms of aroma release and their relevance for understanding flavor perception will be discussed, as well as evidenced cross-modal interactions.
Biology and Life Sciences, Food Science and Technology
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