Formation of Flavor Components in Roasted Coffee
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More than 700 constituents have been identified in aroma extracts of roasted coffee. Heterocyclic aroma components represent the greatest amount of the steam volatile aroma complex (80 - 85 %) which amounts to 700 - 900 ppm in medium roasted Arabica coffees. The concentration of individual components varies depending on coffee varieties and roasting conditions. Typical components are formed by thermal degradation of free and bound amino acid and chlorogenic acid precursors. Compared to other roasted foodstuffs, sulfur containing constituents and phenols are formed in high amounts and contribute to desirable coffee flavor or off-flavor.
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- Authors
- Tressl, R.
- Affiliations
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Tressl, R.
- Venue
- ACS Symposium Series
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Published
- 1989-10-03
- Pages
- 285-301
- ISSN
- 0097-6156 (ISSN-L)
- 1947-5918
- OpenAlex
- W2500441882
- Cited by
- 33
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- 0
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- FWCI
- 17.33
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACS symposium series (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Coffee research and impacts
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Potato Plant Research
- Keywords
- roasted coffee, coffee flavor, aroma compounds, heterocyclic compounds, thermal degradation, amino acids, sulfur compounds, phenols, off-flavor, Coffea arabica, roasting conditions, coffee varieties
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