Volatile profiles of two Iberia
n dry-cured products, dry-cured loi
n a
nd ham,
from three differe
nt Iberia
n× Duroc ge
notypes, was assessed. Three groups of 10 pigs, each (5 males a
nd 5 females)
fromdiffere
nt ge
notypes, were studied: GEN1 =
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ntities/male.gif"> Iberia
n ×
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ntities/female.gif"> Duroc1; GEN2 =
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ntities/male.gif"> Duroc1 ×
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ntities/female.gif"> Iberia
n;a
nd GEN3 =
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ntities/male.gif"> Duroc2 ×
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ntities/female.gif"> Iberia
n. The ge
notype Duroc1 (DU1) correspo
nded to pigs selected forthe productio
n of dry-cured meat products (hams, loi
ns, a
nd shoulders), with a high level of fatte
ni
ng,while the ge
notype Duroc2 (DU2) correspo
nded to a
nimals selected for meat productio
n. Ge
notypeslightly affected the volatile profiles of both dry-cured meat products, although dry-cured loi
n fromGEN3 showed higher hexa
nal co
nte
nt. Dry-cured loi
n showed a volatile profile very differe
nt to thatfou
nd i
n dry-cured ham. Volatile compou
nds of dry-cured meat products were mai
nly origi
nated bylipid a
nd protei
n degradatio
n. Most of the volatile detected i
n both meat products came
from lipidoxidatio
n such as acids, aldehydes, keto
nes, alcohols, a
nd hydrocarbo
ns. I
n additio
n, a high proportio
nof volatile compou
nds
from the Maillard reactio
n was fou
nd. Bra
nched aldehydes a
nd some sulfura
nd
nitroge
n compou
nds have their origi
n i
n the ami
no acids degradatio
n by the Strecker reactio
n,while bra
nched alcohols a
nd acids come
from the lipid oxidatio
n of bra
nched aldehydes. Dry-curedham showed a higher
number a
nd a higher level of compou
nds with origi
n i
n protei
n a
nd lipiddegradatio
n tha
n dry-cured loi
n, which agrees with the lo
nger ripe
ni
ng of the hams (24 mo
nths) withrespect to the loi
ns (4 mo
nths). I
n dry-cured loi
ns, apart
from these compou
nds, seaso
ni
ng mixtureprovides high amou
nt of volatiles, such as terpe
nes (
from paprika a
nd orega
no) a
nd sulfur compou
nds(
from garlic), which have great importa
nce i
n the overall aroma of this product.