Cm. Delahunty et Jr. Piggott, CURRENT METHODS TO EVALUATE CONTRIBUTION AND INTERACTIONS OF COMPONENTS TO FLAVOR OF SOLID FOODS USING HARD CHEESE AS AN EXAMPLE, International journal of food science & technology, 30(5), 1995, pp. 555-570
The flavours of hard cheeses are derived from the balance of odourants
and tastants released during their consumption, but the identity, and
balance, of these flavour-inducing compounds is still unknown for mos
t cheeses. This can be attributed to the complexity of cheese composit
ion and its analysis, of the processes occurring during consumption an
d the variations of human perception and expression of flavours. This
review addresses some of the issues and methods being used to understa
nd cheese flavour. It discusses factors which determine flavour releas
e in the mouth, methods of preparation of extracts for analysis, senso
ry assessment of cheese flavour components and fractions, and of whole
cheese, identification of odour active compounds acid determination o
f their relative importance, temporal methods of analysis for flavour
release and perception and methods of data analysis.