Organoleptic modulation functions and physiochemical characteristics of mannoproteins: Possible correlations and precise applications in modulating color evolution and orthonasal perception of wines
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Hanyue Dong1, Zhengbo Guo1, Yanhong Ma2
1Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Abstract:
Mannoproteins have traditionally been recognized as effective wine organoleptic modulators, however, ambiguous understanding of the relationship between their organoleptic functions and physiochemical characteristics often lead to inappropriate application in winemaking. To reveal the possible role the physiochemical characteristics of mannoproteins play in modulating wine color and aroma properties, three water-soluble mannoproteins (MP1, MP2, MP3) with different physiochemical characteristics have been prepared, and accelerated red wine aging, malvidin pigments formation experiments, accelerated aroma release experiments have been designed to observe their organoleptic modulating functions in this research. Results suggest that the phenolic/chromatic stability of red wines could be enhanced by MP3, probably due to its low steric hindrance potential, high reactivity, and good hydro-alcoholic stability conferred by its high Mannan/Glucan ratio (8.68), abundant hydrophobic/hydrophilic amino acids (65.29 % of total protein), and low/medium molecular weight level (30.71-57.77 kDa), respectively, which protected the phenolic compounds and promoted the formation of pyranoanthocyanins. Mannoproteins could modulate the volatility of aroma compounds by expelling or retention effects, which depended on the duration of mannoprotein application (the expelling effect was firstly observed possibly because of the significant adsorption of free H2O by MPs) and the types of mannoproteins. MP1 and MP2 were prone to retain and expel aroma compounds, respectively, probably due to their medium/high molecular weight levels (60.48-135.39 kDa) that conferred abundant interacting sites, and the high proportion of hydrophobic and hydrophilic components in MP1 (97.71 % polysaccharides of total mannoprotein, 34.58 % hydrophobic amino acids of total protein) and MP2 (97.96 % polysaccharides of total mannoprotein, 28.36 % hydrophobic amino acids of total protein) guaranteed a relatively higher interacting frequency with aroma compounds and free H2O molecules, respectively.
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