Cited by 1,266Probiotics and Fermented FoodsFermentation and Sensory AnalysisFood Chemistry and Fat Analysis

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 131 of the 149 references it cites were found in a registry or an index; 7 of the 116 sources its claims cite were checked for support.

Biochemical pathways for the production of flavour compounds in cheeses during ripening: A review

Open access
McSweeney, Paul L.H., Sousa, Maria Jos�·2000·Le Lait

Abstract

The principal pathways for the formation of flavour compounds in cheese (glycolysis, lipolysis and proteolysis) are reviewed. Depending on variety, microflora and ripening conditions, lactate may be metabolized by a number of pathways to various compounds which contribute to cheese flavour or off-flavours. Citrate metabolism by citrate-positive lactococci or Leuconostoc spp. is important in certain varieties (e.g., Dutch cheeses). Lipolysis results directly in the formation of flavour compounds by liberating free fatty acids (FFA). FFA may also be metabolized to alkan-2-ones and fatty acid lactones. Proteolysis of the caseins to a range of small-and intermediate-sized peptides and free amino acids (FAA) probably only contributes to the background flavour of most cheese varieties, but FAA are important precursors for a range of poorly-understood catabolic reactions which produce volatile compounds essential for flavour.

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1051/lait:2000127

Cites

131 of 131 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Nothing to recompute.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

7 of 116 cited sources checked · 1 supported · 0 flagged · accuracy not yet measured

Show all 48 claims

  • It may state two separate claims as one. 74
  • Probably not a substantial claim. 34
89 of 89
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The biochemical pathways identified in laboratory cultures or model systems operate in cheese during ripening.

    “for many of these pathways, it is not known to what extent they occur in cheese.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The Strecker reaction occurs between an α-amino acid and an α-keto acid (e.g., α-ketoglutaric acid).

    “The Strecker reaction between an α-amino acid and an α-keto acid (e.g., α-ketoglutaric acid)”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Some Strecker aldehydes are found in cheese.

    “the structure of some Strecker aldehydes found in cheese”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Sulphur compounds have been identified in cheese.

    “Sulphur compounds which have been identified in cheese”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    In reduced-fat Cheddar, the lack of flavour is due mainly to the lack of methanethiol.

    “the lack of flavour in reducedfat Cheddar is due mainly to the lack of methanethiol”
5 of 5

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.

  • Reference 105 does not match the named researchers

    Minor

    The passage attributes a method to Ney and Wirotama under reference 105, but reference 105 lists Rychlik, Warmke and Grosch.

  • Reference 49 does not match the named authors

    Minor

    The review is attributed to Fox and McSweeney, whereas reference 49 is by Dunn and Lindsay.

  • Reference 50 has different authors from the cited attribution

    Minor

    The text attributes this claim to Fox and Wallace, but reference 50 lists Eigel and colleagues.

  • Reference 101 does not identify the cited author

    Minor

    The text cites Ney as the author of reference 101, but that entry lists Rattray, Fox and Healy.

4 of 4

Citations

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Show all 149 references

18 of the 149 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Research works printed but not linked: 10

  1. [3]3. Adda J., Czulak J., Mocquot G., Vassal L., in: Cross H.R., Overby A.J. (Eds.), Cheese, Meat Science, Milk Science and Technology, Else- vier Sci. Publ., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1988, pp. 373-392.
  2. [8]8. Banks J., Muir D.D., Brechany E.Y., Law A.J.R., The production of low fat cheese, Proc. 3rd Cheese Symp., Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, 1992, pp. 67-80.
  3. [13]13. Bhownik T., Marth E.H., Esterases of Micro- coccus and Pediococcus species in cheese ripen- ing: a review, J. Dairy Sci. 73 (1990) 879-886.
  4. [35]35. Fox P.F., McSweeney P.L.H., Singh T.K., Meth- ods for assessing proteolysis in cheese during ripening, in: Malin E.L., Tunick M.H. (Eds.), Chemistry of Structure/Function Relationships in Cheese, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 161-194.
  5. [41]41. Grufferty M.B., Fox P.F., Milk alkaline pro- teinase: a review, J. Dairy Res. 55 (1988) 609-630.
  6. [46]46. Imhof R., Bosset J.O., Relationship between microorganisms and formation of aroma com- pounds in fermented dairy products (review), Z. Lebensm. Unters. Forsch. 198 (1994) 267-276
  7. [89]89. McSweeney P.L.H., Fox P. F., Indices of Ched- dar cheese ripening, Proc. 5th Cheese Symp., Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, 1997, pp. 73-89.
  8. [123]123. Olivecrona T., Vilaró S., Bengtsson-Olivecrona G., Indigenous enzymes in milk. II. Lipases in milk, in: Fox P.F. (Ed.), Advanced Dairy Chem- istry. 1. Proteins, Elsevier Appl. Sci., London, 1992, pp. 292-310.
  9. [148]148. Wilkinson M., Studies on the acceleration of Cheddar cheese ripening, Ph.D. thesis, Nat. Univ. Ireland, Cork, 1992.
  10. [152]152. Wood A.F., The determination of volatile com- pounds in cheese, M. Appl. Sci. thesis, Queens- land Univ. Technol., Brisbane, Australia, 1989.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Items 801–900 of 1,264

Metadata

Authors
McSweeney, P. L. H., & Sousa, M. J.
Affiliations
University College Cork (IE)
Venue
Le Lait
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Published
2000-05
Volume
80
Issue
3
Pages
293-324
ISSN
  • 0023-7302 (ISSN-L)
  • 1297-9694
OpenAlex
W2108095780
Cited by
1,266
References
149
Citations by year
2026: 53 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 64 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 72 · 2017: 57 · 2016: 53 · 2015: 59 · 2014: 62 · 2013: 57 · 2012: 46
FWCI
47.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Le Lait (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
Keywords
cheese flavor, cheese ripening, flavor compounds, off-flavor, glycolysis, lipolysis, proteolysis, lactate metabolism, citrate metabolism, Leuconostoc, Lactococcus, free fatty acids, free amino acids, casein hydrolysis, volatile compounds, Gouda

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-11, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).

A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-11 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).

Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review