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Chapter 11

Temporal Aspects of Flavoring P. Overbosch and W. J. Soeting Unilever Research Laboratorium Vlaardingen, P.O. Box 114, 3130 AC Vlaardingen, Netherlands The aroma of a food product is often measured by a sensory technique called descriptive profiling, in which flavour experiences are described by a panelist as a set of component impressions or sensations of varying degrees (1). Profiles do not hold explicit information about the temporal characteristics of a flavour, its persistence and the times of appearance of the individual notes. Nevertheless, the rank order of the attributes sometimes reflects, to some extent, the order of appearance of the corresponding impressions. Some notes are then said to be released "early", others "late". However, there is little published experimental evidence that demonstrates a relationship between the temporal features of aroma perception and the stimulus concentration near the sensory receptors. In the following we describe some experiments that examine the issue directly and some theoretical ideas that appear to explain the results. Psychophysical Measurement When carrying out psychophysical measurements on a flavoured food we usually define the system as: flavour/matrix

> sensory response

where the flavour/matrix is e.g. diacetyl in margarine and the sensory response is a magnitude score representing perceived intensity. This view, however, is too simple. In reality we have to consider a stimulus-response system where the stimulus is defined as a concentration, not in the product but at the receptor sites and not as a single value but as a function of time. Likewise, the response should be measured as a function of time. c

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- a methodology t o measure t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f f l a v o u r as r e l e a s e d from a m a t r i x , a t t h e nose, b r e a t h - b y - b r e a t h ; - a time-dependent form o f t h e p s y c h o p h y s i c a l f u n c t i o n r e l a t i n g stimulus to perceived i n t e n s i t y ; - an improved methodology t o measure p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y as a f u n c t i o n o f time ( I / t ) . Mass-spectrometric

breath-by-breath

analysis

B r e a t h - b y - b r e a t h a n a l y s i s o f gases and v o l a t i l e s i s w e l l known i n m e d i c i n e ( 1 ) . The e x p e r i m e n t a l t e c h n i q u e s used, however, were n o t v e r y w e l l s u i t e d t o our needs. F o r o u r purpose we needed a s i m p l e , r e l i a b l e i n l e t system w i t h o u t e x t e n s i v e f i l t e r i n g and p r e s s u r e r e d u c t i o n , b u t w i t h a h i g h s e n s i t i v i t y and s h o r t r e s p o n s e t i m e s . T h e r e f o r e a (semi-) c o n t i n u o u s m e a s u r i n g methodology, l i k e MS was c o n s i d e r e d . T r a c e a n a l y s i s b y MS v i a a membrane s e p a r a t o r was known ( 2 ) , b u t t h e decay times o f t h e s i g n a l p r e c l u d e d breath-by-breath analysis. When t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e s e p a r a t o r was s t u d i e d more c l o s e l y , i t apppeared t h a t t h e d e v i c e t r a d e d r e s p o n s e time f o r s e n s i t i v i t y . A f a s t r e s p o n s e r e q u i r e s a s m a l l i n t e r n a l volume, b u t a h i g h s e n s i t i v i t y r e q u i r e s a l a r g e membrane s u r f a c e . R e d u c i n g t h e s u r f a c e a r e a and t h e i n t e r n a l volume r e s u l t e d i n v e r y s h o r t r e s p o n s e times and s u f f i c i e n t s e n s i t i v i t y ( s e e F i g . 1 ) . The

setup

r e s p o n s i b l e f o r these

improvements i s d e p i c t e d i n F i g . 2.

V i a two s m a l l g l a s s p i p e s , one i n each n o s t r i l , a s m a l l pump sucks 550 ml/min o f a i r from t h e nose and p a s t t h e membrane. The MS takes 20 d a t a p o i n t s / s and t h e r e s u l t i s a f u l l b r e a t h - b y - b r e a t h quantific a t i o n o f v o l a t i l e s r e l e a s e d from t h e mouth d u r i n g m a s t i c a t i o n . A typical result

i s shown i n F i g . 3a.

One c a n see a v e r y sharp l e a d i n g edge, f o l l o w e d by an e x p o n e n t i a l decay as t h e f l a v o u r i s d e p l e t e d from t h e o i l . To o b t a i n p a n e l r e s u l t s , t h e i n d i v i d u a l c u r v e s a r e m o d e l l e d by f i t t i n g a f u n c t i o n c o n s i s t i n g o f two e x p o n e n t i a l s , one r e p r e s e n t i n g the r i s e and t h e o t h e r t h e decay o f t h e s i g n a l , t o t h e d a t a . T h i s procedure transforms the i n d i v i d u a l breath-by-breath results i n t o a smooth s t i m u l u s c u r v e , c h a r a c t e r i s e d by t h e parameter v a l u e s o f the e x p o n e n t i a l s (see F i g . 3b).

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The parameter v a l u e s a r e s u b s e q u e n t l y a v e r a g e d t o p r o d u c e a p a n e l s t i m u l u s c u r v e . A p p a r e n t l y , the pentanone i s d e p l e t e d from the l i q u i d l a y e r i n the mouth v e r y r a p i d l y . I t s h o u l d be borne i n mind t h a t t h i s i s n o t o n l y due t o r e l e a s e i n t o the gas phase, b u t must a l s o be a s c r i b e d t o uptake i n t o the mouth and u p p e r a i r w a y s ( 3 ) . F i g . 4 d e p i c t s the p a n e l c u r v e s o f the s i m u l t a n e o u s r e l e a s e o f butanone-2 and pentanone-2 from water. As pentanone-2 i s more hydrophobic i t i s r e l e a s e d f a s t e r . B o t h c u r v e s peak a t the same time b u t pentanone-2 peaks h i g h e r and i s s u b s e q u e n t l y d e p l e t e d f a s t e r . A f t e r about 50 s the r e l e a s e c u r v e s cross. I f the f l a v o u r c h a r a c t e r s o f t h e s e s u b s t a n c e s would have been s u f f i c i e n t l y d i f f e r e n t the p a n e l would p r o b a b l y have commented t h a t butanone-2 r e l e a s e d " l a t e " . A time-dependent form o f the p s y c h o p h y s i c a l f u n c t i o n I n o r d e r t o be a b l e to p r e d i c t the e f f e c t o f a l t e r a t i o n s t o the time c o u r s e o f s t i m u l a t i o n on p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y o v e r time, the s t a t i c p s y c h o p h y s i c a l f u n c t i o n had t o be extended. I n the f o l l o w i n g s e c t i o n , t a s t e and s m e l l w i l l be t r e a t e d e q u a l l y . I n d e t a i l t h i s i s n o t c o r r e c t b u t f o r the l i n e o f thought t o be d e v e l o p e d h e r e the t r e a t m e n t i s the same. We s t a r t e d from S t e v e n s ' law (4) i n c l u d i n g the t h r e s h o l d correction: I-k (S - S o * ) n

where I - p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y as e x p r e s s e d S - p h y s i c a l stimulus strength So*- unadapted t h r e s h o l d l e v e l k and η a r e c o n s t a n t s I f p r o l o n g e d s t i m u l a t i o n , o f any t e m p o r a l form, i s t o have an e f f e c t on t h i s r e l a t i o n s h i p , i . e . i f I becomes I ( t ) , t h e n a t l e a s t one o f the o t h e r p a r a m e t e r s must a l s o become a f u n c t i o n o f time. The o n l y w e l l documented e f f e c t o f p r o l o n g e d s t i m u l a t i o n on the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t a s t e and s m e l l i s a d a p t a t i o n . F i g . 5a shows the e f f e c t s o f a d a p t a t i o n t o a c o n s t a n t s t i m u l u s p r i o r t o magnitude e s t i m a t i o n as measured by C a i n ( 5 ) ; the c u r v e s r e l a t i n g I n t e n s i t y t o S t i m u l u s s t r e n g t h drop o f f n e a r the c o n c e n t r a t i o n l e v e l o f the a d a p t i n g s t i m u l u s . A t h i g h e r s t i m u l u s l e v e l s , however, t h e y seem t o c o n v e r g e . I n F i g . 5b the a d a p t i n g l e v e l s have been d e d u c t e d from the a c t u a l s t i m u l a t i o n and r e s u l t s show s t r a i g h t l i n e s f o r p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y a g a i n s t s t i m u l u s minus a d a p t i n g l e v e l . W i t h i n S t e v e n s ' e q u a t i o n , t h e r e f o r e , i t appears t h a t i t i s the t h r e s h o l d term t h a t i s a f f e c t e d by s t i m u l a t i o n . We had t o f i n d out how, however.

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I n F i g . 6a d a t a by Hahn (6) a r e shown. Hahn d e t e r m i n e d the e f f e c t o f t h r e e l e v e l s o f s a l t c o n c e n t r a t i o n , as a f u n c t i o n o f time, on the threshold of perception. I f we

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the c o n c l u s i o n s drawn from t h e s e d a t a can be u s e d t o c o n s t r u c t a d i f f e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n r e l a t i n g t h r e s h o l d l e v e l t o s t i m u l a t i o n . The c o n c l u s i o n s from the measurements by C a i n and Hahn a r e : - A f t e r p r o l o n g e d s t i m u l a t i o n the t h r e s h o l d r i s e s t o a l e v e l which l i e s above the l e v e l o f s t i m u l a t i o n , the d i f f e r e n c e b e i n g r o u g h l y e q u a l t o the o r i g i n a l unadapted t h r e s h o l d l e v e l ( f o r t -»· «, S* S + So*). - The a d a p t a t i o n p r o c e e d s f a s t e r when the d i f f e r e n c e between t h r e s h o l d and stimulus

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The t h e o r y p r e d i c t s t h a t i n b o t h c a s e s t h e t h r e s h o l d l e v e l r i s e s l i n e a r l y w i t h s t i m u l a t i o n i n t h e f i r s t p a r t o f t h e c u r v e and keeps r i s i n g u n t i l the t h r e s h o l d l e v e l equals the l e v e l o f s t i m u l a t i o n . S i n c e we s t i l l use S t e v e n s ' law which has now t a k e n a time-dependent form: I - k ( S - S * ) , we may p r e d i c t t h a t t h e h i g h e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n w i l l be p e r c e i v e d n

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- more i n t e n s e l y - a t t h e same time o f maximum - f o r a longer duration

intensity

Now t h a t we have measured t h e a c t u a l s t i m u l u s shape and have p r e d i c t e d i t s p e r c e p t u a l r e s u l t , we e v i d e n t l y have t o measure p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y as a f u n c t i o n o f t i m e . Measuring

p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y o v e r time (I/t)

Methods f o r s c o r i n g p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y o v e r time a r e known i n t h e l i t e r a t u r e ( 7 ) . They make use o f a p e n r e c o r d e r , a d i a l p o t e n t i o m e t e r o r a "mouse" d e v i c e c o u p l e d t o a p e r s o n a l computer. The p a n e l l i s t s move t h e p e n o r d i a l up when p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y i n c r e a s e s and down when i t drops o f f . The d a t a a r e p o o l e d b y c a l c u l a t i n g mean I n t e n s i t y v a l u e s . The p r o c e d u r e c o n t r a s t s w i t h t h e above d e s c r i b e d MS/breath d a t a p o o l i n g method. I n b o t h c a s e s we s t a r t w i t h i n d i v i d u a l I / t c u r v e s . I n t h e MS/breath c a s e t h e s e a r e p a r a m e t r i z e d , so t h a t a f t e r p o o l i n g the p a r a m e t e r v a l u e s o f t h e p a n e l c u r v e a r e t h e mean v a l u e s o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l parameters. The l i t e r a t u r e method f o r p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y o v e r time does n o t produce such p a n e l c u r v e s . Du B o i s and Lee (8) d e s c r i b e a method w h i c h does produce p a n e l a v e r a g e s f o r t h e t h r e e main p a r a m e t e r s : maximum p e r c e i v e d i n t e n s i t y (I max) as s c o r e d by t h e i n d i v i d u a l p a n e l l i s t s , t h e time a t which t h i s o c c u r s ( t max) and t h e e x t i n c t i o n time ( t e n d ) . S i n c e t h e s e parameters do n o t produce a complete c u r v e , we have d e v e l o p e d a method w h i c h produces complete c u r v e s w h i c h c a n be c o n s i d e r e d t o be r e a l p a n e l a v e r a g e s . T h i s method i s c a r r i e d o u t as f o l l o w s : A l l i n d i v i d u a l curves a r e n o r m a l i s e d i n the I n t e n s i t y d i r e c t i o n by c a l c u l a t i n g t h e g e o m e t r i c mean o f a l l i n d i v i d u a l Imax v a l u e s and m u l t i p l y i n g each i n d i v i d u a l c u r v e by IlHâx (geom) I^max S u b s e q u e n t l y a l l h a l f c u r v e s b e f o r e and a f t e r t^max a r e a v e r a g e d i n the time d i r e c t i o n . A g a i n t h e g e o m e t r i c mean i s t a k e n because a check on t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t^max and t ^ - e n d v a l u e s (ATCS i n F i g . 8) showed a l o g normal d i s t r i b u t i o n . The r e s u l t i n g c u r v e c a n be c o n s i d e r e d t o be a r e a l p a n e l a v e r a g e .

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F i g s . 8a/b show a s l i g h t l y s i m p l i f i e d v e r s i o n o f b o t h t y p e s o f d a t a t r e a t m e n t mentioned. Our approach may be i l l u s t r a t e d t h r o u g h t h e c o m b i n a t i o n o f two e x p e r i m e n t s . The f i r s t i n v o l v e s I / t measurements o f two c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f p e n t a n o n i n i n v e g e t a b l e o i l . The p r e d i c t e d r e s u l t s a r e o b t a i n e d : a h i g h e r maximum and a t t h e same time a l o n g e r d u r a t i o n f o r t h e h i g h e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n (see F i g . 9 ) .

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When t h e s e r e s u l t s a r e compared w i t h those o f t h e measurement o f t h e r e a l s t i m u l u s ( F i g . 3a) t h e a d a p t a t i o n e f f e c t i s e v i d e n t ; p e r c e p t i o n a l r e a d y ends when t h e a c t u a l s t i m u l u s h a s dropped o n l y t o a r o u n d h a l f o f i t s highest value. Summing up, we have d e f i n e d o u r system as f o l l o w s : flavour/matrix response ( t )

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