Acrylamide levels in cooked/processed food can be reduced by
trea
tmen
t wi
th ci
tric acid or glycine.In a po
ta
to model sys
tem cooked a
t 180
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ti
ties/deg.gif">C for 10-60 min,
these
trea
tmen
ts affec
ted
the vola
tileprofiles. S
trecker aldehydes and alkylpyrazines, key flavor compounds of cooked po
ta
to, weremoni
tored. Ci
tric acid limi
ted
the genera
tion of vola
tiles, par
ticularly
the alkylpyrazines. Glycineincreased
the
to
tal vola
tile yield by promo
ting
the forma
tion of cer
tain alkylpyrazines, namely, 2,3-dime
thylpyrazine,
trime
thylpyrazine, 2-e
thyl-3,5-dime
thylpyrazine,
te
trame
thylpyrazine, and 2,5-die
thyl-3-me
thylpyrazine. However,
the forma
tion of o
ther pyrazines and S
trecker aldehydes was suppressed.I
t was proposed
tha
t the opposing effec
ts of
these
trea
tmen
ts on
to
tal vola
tile yield may be used
tobes
t advan
tage by employing a combined
trea
tmen
t a
t lower concen
tra
tions, especially as bo
th
trea
tmen
ts were found
to have an addi
tive effec
t in reducing acrylamide. This would minimize
theimpac
t on flavor bu
t s
till achieve
the desired reduc
tion in acrylamide levels.