Exogenous glutamic acid effectively involved in N-(1-deoxy-D-galulos-1-yl)-glutamic acid degradation for simultaneous improvement of both milk-like and baking flavor

This research elucidated the reason of flavor deficiency during the thermal degradation of glutamic acid(Glu)-galactose(Gal)Amadori rearrangement product(GG-ARP)and the solution.The flavor formation from GG-ARP during the thermal degradation was investigated.Compared to the volatile compounds in Glu-Gal Maillard reaction products(GG-MRP),pyrazines in the volatile compounds derived from GG-ARP were restrained.The disadvantage in evolution asynchrony and content sufficiency ofα-dicarbonyl compounds and Glu in the GG-ARP model limited the pyrazines formation.With the addition of Gal,the asynchronous effect was further exacerbated,and the furans in the GG-ARP-Gal model(956.81μg/L,120℃,60 min)were more significantly dominant among the volatile flavor compounds than in the GG-ARP model(454.98μg/L,120℃,60 min),while the pyrazines were still missing.Whereas,the extra-added Glu in the GG-ARP model could offset the deficiency of amino acids growth afterα-dicarbonyl formation and promote the formation of pyrazines(74.47μg/L,120℃,60 min).Meanwhile,the formation of diketones(92.96μg/L,120℃,60 min)was promoted.The addition of Glu enhanced both milk-like and baking flavor of the GG-ARP system simultaneously.Formulated GG-ARP-Glu mixture was proposed to promisingly achieve the controlled formation of process flavors for baked foods with both desirable milk-like and baking scent.