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Title:   Author  item
                                            WANG, LIBIN - Nanjing Agricultural Universityitem
                                            Baldwin, Elizabeth

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                                            YU, ZHIFANG - Nanjing Agricultural Universityitem
                                            Bai, Jinhe
  Submitted to: HortScience
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 7/17/2015
                                    Publication  Date: 9/23/2015
                                    Citation: Wang, L., Baldwin, E.A., Yu, Z., Bai, J. 2015. The impact of kitchen and food service preparation practices on the volatile aroma profile in ripe tomatoes: Effects of refrigeration and blanching. HortScience. 50(9):1358-1364.Interpretive Summary: Flavor loss in tomatoes has been focused on the abusive industry procedures, but little is reported on the improper kitchen and food service practices. This study provides strong evidence that kitchen and food service practices, storage of fruit in a refrigerator or a short blanching before cooking substantially influenced volatile profile and reduced key tomato aroma contributors in full ripe tomato fruit. Low temperature storage resulted in a more severe impact than hot water blanching, especially in the reduction of carbon 6 aldehydes.
                                Technical Abstract: Both refrigeration and blanching of red stage tomatoes are common practices in Japan home kitchens and in food service operations. However, little is reported on the impact of such practices on aroma profiles in tomato fruits. In this study, ‘FL 47’ tomatoes at red stage were dipped in 50 °C hot water for 5 min or exposed to 5 °C for 4 days to simulate consumer handling of tomato in home kitchens. Of the 42 volatile compounds detected, refrigeration generally suppressed production of aldehydes, alcohols, oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds, and nitrogen- and oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds, including the following abundant and/or important volatiles: pentanal, 3-methylbutanal, 2-methylbutanal, hexanal, cis-3-hexenal, trans-2-hexenal, 2-phenylacetaldehyde, pentanol, 3-methylbutanol, 2-phenylethanol, 1-penten-3-one, geranial, and geranylacetone. On the other hand, the production of aldehydes, alcohols, hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds, and nitrogen- and oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds were reduced by blanching, associated with low concentrations of 2-methylbutanal, pentanal, cis-3-hexenal, trans-2-hexenal, 2-phenylacetaldehyde, pentanol, 2-methylbutanol, and 2-phenylethanol. These results indicate that a short blanching or refrigeration of tomatoes substantially impacts tomato aroma quality, and are not recommended.


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