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Published on: August 23, 2019
Effects of temperature fluctuations on non-volatile taste compounds in tilapia fillets (Oreochromis niloticus)
Mingyu Yin1, Yinci Xi2, Yuyao Shi1
1College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing and Preservation, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Abstract:
In this study, the effect of temperature fluctuations on the taste quality of tilapia fillets during frozen storage was investigated. Major temperature-responsive factors included free amino acids (FAAs) and flavor nucleotides in fish fillets, which were identified using multidimensional infrared spectroscopy (MM-IR). The main FAA in tilapia fillets is a sweet amino acid (glycine). Compared with the control group, the umami FAAs and sweetness FAAs were significantly increased, and the total FAAs content increased to 1.30 times after the ninth fluctuation, reaching the highest level (611.16 ± 73.60 mg/100 g). Considering the equivalent umami intensity values, adenosine monophosphate and inosine monophosphate were retained during the first and second temperature fluctuations. In addition, the content of Na+, K+, and Ca2+ decreased (P < 0.05). Therefore, MM-IR is an effective method to identify taste components. With regard to taste quality, temperature fluctuations in the twofold range have an umami-enhancing effect.
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