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Effects of pressure on the glucose-ammonium sulphite caramel solutions
Yong-Guang Guan1, Pei Yu, Shu-Juan Yu
1College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Abstract:
Effects of pressure on glucose-ammonium sulphite solutions were investigated. The reactant (i.e. glucose), intermediate products content, and browning intensity of advanced stages were tested using an UV-Vis spectrophotometer and a high performance liquid chromatograph to gain a better understanding of the influence of pressure on the glucose-ammonium model Maillard reaction system. This study indicates that pressure could promote the first step of the reaction, i.e. condensation reaction between SO(3)(2-)/ammonium and glucose, but inhibit the increase of A(294), A(420) and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde content. The mechanism of inhibiting the glucose-ammonium model Maillard reaction might be that pressure increases dissociative SO(3)(2-) content in solutions and inhibits the degradation of the Amadori rearrangement product.
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