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Amandine Cambrai1, Christophe Marcic, Stéphane Morville
1Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et Sciences de l'Aliment (IPHC-UMR 7178), Faculte de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, 67400 Illkirch, France.
Abstract:
The determination of the geographical origin of cocoa used to produce chocolate has been assessed through the analysis of the volatile compounds of chocolate samples. The analysis of the volatile content and their statistical processing by multivariate analyses tended to form independent groups for both Africa and Madagascar, even if some of the chocolate samples analyzed appeared in a mixed zone together with those from America. This analysis also allowed a clear separation between Caribbean chocolates and those from other origins. Height compounds (such as linalool or (E,E)-2,4-decadienal) characteristic of chocolate's different geographical origins were also identified. The method described in this work (hydrodistillation, GC analysis, and statistic treatment) may improve the control of the geographical origin of chocolate during its long production process.
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