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Chapter 6

Precursor Atmosphere Technology Efficient Aroma Enrichment in Fruit Cells 1

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Ralf G. Berger, Gerd R. Dettweiler, Gabriele M. R. Krempler, and Friedrich Drawert 2

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Institut für Lebensmittelchemie der Universität Hannover, Wunstorferstrass 14, D-3000 Hannover 91, Germany Institut für Lebensmittelchemie und Analytische Chemie der Technische Universität München, D—8050 Freising 12, Germany

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Precursor atmosphere (PA)-technology is a short-time storage biotechnology that uses intact, mature fruit cells as a biocatalyst for the production of fruit flavor. Precursor substrate is supplied by exposing fruit tissue to a controlled atmosphere containing vapor of, e.g., volatile alcohols. Increasing the substrate concentration subsequently increased the concentration of certain carboxylic esters in apple cvs.; accumulation factors for ethyl 2-methylbutanoate of 20 in 48 h, and more than 50 in 8 d were recorded. The newly formed esters can be isolated from the PA by adsorption/solvent desorption, or can be transfered into processed products. Analytical and sensory data on pilot scale HTST-juices of PAstored apple demonstrate a significant improvement of the product quality. V o l a t i l e c a r b o x y l i c e s t e r s c o n s t i t u t e an i m p o r t a n t g r o u p o f aroma s u b s t a n c e s i n many f r u i t s , e . g . , i n apple, pear, and b a n a n a . The p r o d u c i n g c e l l s a r e d i s t i n g u i s h e d not o n l y by t h e i r a b i l i t y t o f o r m , a t o r b e y o n d t h e c l i m a c teric maximum, esters from substrates not regularly present in healthy plant c e l l s ; they are a l s o able to t a k e up and m e t a b o l i s e exogenous s u b s t r a t e s when t i s s u e preparations are incubated i n a buffer s o l u t i o n according t o t h e "Aged T i s s u e m o d e l " (1) . Though i n t h e s e t i s s u e p r e p a r a t i o n s an i n d i r e c t s t i m u l a t i o n o f t h e f l a v o r m e t a b o l i s m c a n n o t be r u l e d o u t c o m p l e t e l y , the patterns of d i s t r i b u t i o n o f v o l a t i l e s a f t e r e x p o s u r e , a s compared t o untreated controls, s u g g e s t a d i r e c t b i o c o n v e r s i o n and dynamic i n c o r p o r a t i o n i n t o t h e v o l a t i l e f l a v o r f r a c t i o n ( 2 ) . The o p e r a t i o n o f s e v e r a l p a t h w a y s i n r i p e f r u i t s was

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concluded from t h e s e feeding experiments: β-oxidative s h o r t e n i n g of f a t t y a c i d s ; r e d u c t i o n of c a r b o n y l groups and r e v e r s e ; d e c a r b o x y l a t i o n o f k e t o a c i d s ; d e g r a d a t i o n of u n s a t u r a t e d f a t t y a c i d s a c c o r d i n g t o the alternative pathway ( 3 ) ; f o r m a t i o n o f c a r b o x y l i c e s t e r s from t h e i r single moieties. The t e c h n i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h i s o b v i o u s p o t e n t i a l to b i o s y n t h e s i s e s e n s o r y k e y compounds was p r e v e n t e d by some drawbacks : A h i g h degree of cleanliness must be m a i n t a i n e d during precursor incubation to avoid microbial i n t e r f e r e n c e , and a large scale production of defined t i s s u e prepara t i o n s f r o m m a t e r i a l s o f v a r i a b l e s i z e and f i r m n e s s appears i m p o s s i b l e . The s o l u t i o n t o t h e p r o b l e m i s s u p p l y i n g i n t a c t m a t u r e f r u i t s w i t h v o l a t i l e p r e c u r s o r s v i a t h e gas phase d u r i n g storage. The e f f i c a c y of the so-called PA-(Precursor Atmosphere) storage i n enhancing the e s t e r content of f r u i t a s been d e m o n s t r a t e d f o r a p p l e ( 4 - 8 ) , p e a r , c h e r r y , strawberry (9) , and banana (20) . F o r t h e p r e s e n t work s e v e r a l a p p l e c v s . were s e l e c t e d b e c a u s e apple i s the major f r u i t i n Europe, v o l a t i l e s and b i o s y n t h e s i s a r e w e l l - k n o w n , as i s t h e l a c k o f aroma o f C A - s t o r e d (11,12) and o f t h e r mally processed products of apple (9). Experimental Samples. A p p l e s were from t h e Fachhochschule Weihenstephan and f r o m l o c a l m a r k e t s and u s e d d i r e c t l y or stored i n cooled c e l l s ( 7 ° C ) before use. I n t a c t , healthy, and color matched fruits were randomly d i v i d e d into c o n t r o l and Ρ Α - s t o r e d samples. Commercial a p p l e juices were f r o m German m a n u f a c t u r e r s . P i l o t s c a l e j u i c e s o f u n t r e a t e d and Ρ Α - s t o r e d a p p l e s were o b t a i n e d by u s i n g a centrifugal press, a p l a t e heat exchanger (Holstein & Kappert), and a two s t a g e t u b u l a r h e a t exchanger for down-cooling. I s o l a t i o n o f Aroma Compounds. 100g p i e c e s were c u t f r o m 6 a p p l e s and immersed i m m e d i a t e l y i n MeOH, i n t e r n a l s t a n d ard was added, and t h e homogenised, centrifuged and c o o l e d ( 4 ° C ) s o l u t i o n a f t e r d i l u t i o n w i t h s a t d . N a C l was extracted with Pentan/Diethylether 1/1. The c o m b i n e d , d r i e d , and c o n c e n t r a t e d e x t r a c t s were u s e d f o r GC and G C MS a n a l y s e s . J u i c e s were t r e a t e d i n t h e same way a s c e n t r i f u g e d s o l u t i o n s (12) . I n s t r u m e n t a l A n a l y s i s . C a p i l l a r y GC ( C a r l o E r b a , V a r i a n , Siemens) and GC-MS ( P e r k i n E l m e r / F i n n i g a n ) using fused silica c a p i l l a r y c o l u m n s c o a t e d w i t h O V - 1 0 1 o r CW20M (G.Leupold, Weihenstephan), l i n e a r temperature programs, and electronic data integration (Merck-Hitachi) was d e s c r i b e d i n d e t a i l elsewhere (23).


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Sensory A n a l y s i s . 9 randomly s e l e c t e d judges of a group of 14 t r a i n e d persons performed t r i a n g l e tests. All s a m p l e s were a d j u s t e d t o a c o n s t a n t s u g a r a c i d r a t i o by a d d i n g s u c r o s e o r m a l i c a c i d , and were p r e s e n t e d i n n o n transparent glasses.


L o c a l i s a t i o n o f Aroma i n A p p l e . 25 s i z e m a t c h e d a n d P A s t o r e d a p p l e s were c u t i n t o h a l v e s . A c y l i n d r i c a l piece o f t i s s u e ( o . d . 10 mm) was r a d i a l l y e x c i s e d , t h e c y l i n d e r cut into 6 defined zones, the corresponding zones combined, a d j u s t e d t o i d e n t i c a l weight, transfered into MeOH, and t h e v o l a t i l e f r a c t i o n i s o l a t e d a s f o r s e g m e n t s of i n t a c t a p p l e s . T o t a l A c i d . F i l t e r e d homogenate t i t r a t e d t o pH 8 . 1 .

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PA-Storaqe. F r u i t s were p l a c e d on a p o r c e l l a n insert i n s i d e a g a s - t i g h t g l a s s j a r (10 L) and k e p t a t a m b i e n t temperature and light conditions, if not otherwise m e n t i o n e d . M i l l i m o l a r amounts o f p r e c u r s o r s were c a l c u l a t e d i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e e x a c t a c t u a l mass o f t h e f r u i t s (ca. 1 kg) and p l a c e d i n a s m a l l g l a s s p l a t e a t the b o t t o m . A f t e r i n d i c a t e d i n c u b a t i o n p e r i o d s t h e j a r was opened t o a l l o w gas exchange w i t h ambient atmosphere. Pressure I n j e c t i o n of Precursor. Butanol soins, in H 0 were a d m i n i s t e r e d u s i n g a D e r m o - J e t m e d i c a l p r e s s u r e i n j e c t o r (Medimex-Holfeld) w i t h a f i x i n j e c t i o n volume o f 90μ1. D i s t i l l e d H2O was i n j e c t e d i n t o c o n t r o l s a m p l e s . A uniform d i s t r i b u t i o n of the i n j e c t e d l i q u i d across the c r o s s s e c t i o n o f t h e f r u i t f l e s h was d e m o n s t r a t e d u s i n g a 0.1% s o i n , o f m e t h y l e n e b l u e . 2

Results and Discussion Application of Precursor.

The b i o s y n t h e s i s o f c a r b o x y l i c esters i n f r u i t i s believed to proceed v i a r e - e s t e r i f i c a t i o n of acyl-CoA intermediates of the β - o x i d a t i o n p a t h way w i t h r e d u c e d and l i b e r a t e d ( a l k y l ) m o i e t i e s o f the same i n t e r m e d i a t e (1,14). According to e a r l i e r results (4-8) a l a c k o f t h e s u b s t r a t e s o f t h e e s t e r i f y i n g enzyme s y s t e m (15) i s the t h e o r e t i c a l b a s i s of the attempts to c r e a t e a r o m a - e n r i c h e d m a t e r i a l s by m a k i n g a v a i l a b l e a d d i t i o n a l p r e c u r s o r . Pressure i n j e c t i o n of precursor s o l u t i o n s i n t o i n t a c t f r u i t would s o l v e the problem o f p r e p a r i n g t i s s u e d i s k s on a t e c h n i c a l s c a l e . n - B u t a n o l was i n j e c t e d i n t o a p p l e s , and t h e a p p l e s were t h e n s t o r e d i n a g a s - t i g h t j a r . Though a s u f f i c i e n t amount o f p r e c u r s o r accumulated i n the t i s s u e ( T a b l e I) , t h e i n c r e a s e s of b u t y l a n d b u t a n o a t e e s t e r s were i n t h e same r a n g e a s f o r t h e c o n t r o l b a t c h (H2O i n j e c t e d ) . O b v i o u s l y , t h e p r e c u s o r did not reach the enzymatic r e a c t i o n s i t e . A previous l o c a l i s a t i o n of v o l a t i l e s across the cross section of a p p l e f r u i t showed t h a t t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f e s t e r s is


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two o r d e r s o f m a g n i t u d e h i g h e r i n t h e p e e l s e c t i o n i n the parenchymatic c e l l s of the f l e s h (26). Previous i n c u b a t i o n experiments using precursors of esters with separated peel or peel d i s c s (22,15,17) a l s o indicated t h a t an a c y l - C o A - a l k y l - t r a n s f e r a s e i s l o c a t e d s u b e p i d e r m a l l y . A d i f f u s i o n a l t r a n s p o r t b r i n g s aroma compounds t o i n n e r p a r t s o f t h e f r u i t . As e x p e c t e d , t h e more p o l a r compounds show a l e s s p r o n o u n c e d c o n c e n t r a t i o n g r a d i e n t i n t h e aqueous m a t r i x o f t h e f r u i t ( 2 6 ) . W i t h r e s p e c t t o the morphological s i t u a t i o n , an a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f v o l a t i l e p r e c u r s o r s o f aroma e s t e r s v i a t h e s u r r o u n d i n g g a s p h a s e a p p e a r e d more p r o m i s i n g .

Ethanol Atmosphere Storage of cv. Red Delicious.

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D e l i c i o u s a p p l e s were s t o r e d i n g a s - t i g h t j a r s , t h e CO2 c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n c r e a s e d w i t h i n 4 d a y s t o 3.2 % v / v u n d e r t h e above d e s c r i b e d c o n d i t i o n s , and t h e r e was a l s o a s l i g h t increase i n ester concentrations (Figure 1). T h i s i s i n good agreement w i t h o t h e r d a t a on t h e a v e r a g e CO2 p r o d u c t i o n by s t o r e d a p p l e s ( 2 8 ) . I n t h e p r e s e n c e o f e x o g e n o u s e t h a n o l t h e a c c u m u l a t i o n o f CO2 was l o w e r ( c a . 2 % v / v a f t e r 4 days) , but t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f a l l t h e e t h y l e s t e r s i n the f r u i t increased d r a m a t i c a l l y (Figure 1 ) . The most p r o n o u n c e d e n r i c h m e n t was o b s e r v e d f o r e t h y l 3 - H O - o c t a n o a t e : a more t h a n 2 6 0 f o l d increase within a p e r i o d o f 48 h o u r s a s compared t o t h e c o n t e n t i n t h e u n t r e a t e d c o n t r o l . A p p l e s o f t h e same b a t c h , when s t o r e d a t ambient atmosphere, l o s t d i f f e r e n t p r o p o r t i o n s of the i n t e r n a l e s t e r s and a c c u m u l a t e d a l i p h a t i c a l c o h o l s . The PA i n d u c e d e s t e r a c c u m u l a t i o n , t h o u g h enzyme cata l y s e d , was n o t s i g n i f i c a n t l y a c c e l e r a t e d by e l e v a t e d s t o rage temperatures (Figure 2a/b). While the longer chain f a t t y a c i d e s t e r s showed s l i g h t i n c r e a s e s at 28°C, the c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f most v o l a t i l e e s t e r s were d e c r e a s e d a s compared t o a c o n t r o l s a m p l e s t o r e d a t a m b i e n t t e m p e r a -


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t u r e ( 1 9 ° C ) . At 1 0 ° C , which i s c l o s e r to the conditions of classical c o n t r o l l e d atmosphere storage, all ethyl esters increased as compared t o an u n t r e a t e d control sample k e p t a t 1 9 ° C . Comparing d i f f e r e n t ethanol concentrations i n the gas p h a s e , s a t u r a t i o n o f t h e e s t e r i f y i n g s y s t e m was r e a c h e d for short chain fatty acids at concentrations < 50 mM EtOH/kg f r u i t . A t higher ethanol c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o n l y the a c y l m o i e t i e s > C5 were a f f e c t e d . P l o t t i n g t h e t o t a l n e o s y n t h e s i s (as a measure o f r e a c t i o n v e l o c i t y ) of ethyl esters vs. ethanol concentration a typical Michaelis c u r v e was o b t a i n e d r e f l e c t i n g t h e k i n e t i c s o f t h e rate l i m i t i n g enzyme ( F i g u r e 3 ) . T h e r e i s a s m a l l n o n - l i n e a r i t y o f pEtOH o v e r t h e H 0 / E t O H s o l u t i o n i n t h e a p p l i e d c o n c e n t r a t i o n r a n g e t h a t was i g n o r e d . While f o r m a l l y not p e r m i s s i b l e , the transformed k i n e t i c d a t a ( F i g u r e 4) were u s e d t o c a l c u l a t e v a n d KM v a l u e s t o compare w i t h known v a l u e s o f p u r e e s t e r a s e s o r l i p a s e s . One c a n c o n c l u d e t h a t t h e a c y l a t i o n o f t h e e x o g e n o u s s u b s t r a t e r u n s v e r y r a p i d l y , and t h a t e t h a n o l c o n c e n t r a t i o n s < 20 mM/kg were q u i t e e f f e c t i v e u n d e r t h e s e c o n d i t i o n s . Aged t i s s u e s o f s t r a w b e r r y c o n v e r t e d e x o g e n o u s 1a l a n i n e e v e n somewhat more r a p i d l y w i t h K M s r a n g i n g f r o m 0.26 t o 1 mM/kg ( 2 9 ) . I n t h e p r e s e n c e o f a s u f f i c i e n t amount o f e t h a n o l t h e i n crease of the concentrations of the e t h y l e s t e r s con t i n u e d f o r one week o r more ( F i g u r e 5) . T h e s u b s e q u e n t d r o p i n t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f e t h y l e s t e r s i s c a u s e d by e x h a u s t i o n o f t h e p r e c u r s o r , and n o t by an i n a c t i v a t i o n o f t h e enzymes i n v o l v e d . P h y s i o l o g i c a l d i s o r d e r s were n o t observed at t h i s p o i n t of time, n e i t h e r v i s u a l l y nor ana lytically. 2

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Jonathan and Purple Cousinot. B u t y l and h e x y l e s t e r s a r e p r e d o m i n a n t i n t h e s e cult i v a r s . A s was o b s e r v e d f o r t h e i n c u b a t i o n o f c v . .Red Delicious with ethanol, the corresponding esters in creased during Ρ Α - s t o r a g e at i n c r e a s i n g butanol or hexanol concentrations, and a g a i n t h e low m o l e c u l a r w e i g h t e s t e r s were more a f f e c t e d a t l o w e r p r e c u r s o r c o n c e n t r a tions (Figure 6a/b). Regarding the total increase of e s t e r s the e s t e r i f y i n g system i s s a t u r a t e d a t lower c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of p r e c u r s o r with i n c r e a s i n g molecular weight of t h e a l c o h o l . S u r p r i s i n g l y , exogenous a l c o h o l c o n c e n t r a t i o n s > 10 mM/kg r e s u l t i n d e c r e a s e s o f b o t h i n t e r n a l a l c o h o l and e s t e r s c o n t e n t s . A c c o r d i n g t o (20) i t a p p e a r s that the p e r m e a b i l i t y of the peel i s a f u n c t i o n of the e x t e r n a l a l c o h o l c o n c e n t r a t i o n . T h i s may be e x p l a i n e d a s a p r o t e c t i v e mechanism a g a i n s t s t r e s s f u l e x t e r n a l c o n d i t i o n s . The p r e f e r e d f o r m a t i o n o f t h e s y m m e t r i c b u t y l b u t a n o a t e and h e x y l h e x a n o a t e , respectively, points to a concurrent o x i d a t i o n of the precursor a l c o h o l ; the i n t e r m e d i a t e a l d e h y d e s , h o w e v e r , were n o t d e t e c t e d . These findings permit the generation of apples with t a i l o r e d aroma and n o v e l o d o r n o t e s . A p r o b l e m may a r i s e ,


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i f t h e r e s i d u a l amounts o f t h e p r e c u r s o r a l c o h o l a d v e r s e ly a f f e c t the sensory q u a l i t y . Experiments with l i m i t e d Ρ Α - s t o r a g e p e r i o d s , f o l l o w e d by a p o s t - i n c u b a t i o n a t am b i e n t c o n d i t i o n s , showed t h a t t h e i n t e r n a l r a t i o s o f p r e c u r s o r a l c o h o l and e s t e r p r o d u c t s may be c o n t r o l l e d t o u l t i m a t e l y achieve well-balanced sensory r e s u l t s (Figure 7) . Due t o t h e c o n t i n u i n g c o n s u m p t i o n o f t h e a l c o h o l , an i m m e d i a t e d r o p i n t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f b u t a n o l was o b s e r v e d upon c h a n g i n g t h e p r e c u r s o r e n v i r o n m e n t ( a f t e r 24 h o u r s ) , but the neosynthesis of e s t e r s proceeded with a d e c l i n e b e g i n n i n g a f t e r 3 days o f s t o r a g e . Thus, making use o f t h e dynamic b i o s y n t h e t i c e v e n t s , a c o n c e r t e d d i l u t i o n o f t h e p r e c u r s o r becomes p o s s i b l e . I n f r u i t s c o n t a i n i n g s e v e r a l s e n s o r y k e y compounds two o r more p r e c u r s o r s w i l l h a v e t o be u s e d ( F i g u r e 8) . E s t e r i f i c a t i o n o f e x o g e n o u s s u b s t r a t e s i n f r u i t a p p e a r s t o be a h i g h l y c o m p e t i t i v e r e a c t i o n , a s an i n t e r n a l e x c e s s o f one a l k y l moiety always r e s u l t e d i n a decrease of e s t e r s not c o n t a i n i n g the r e s p e c t i v e a l k y l moiety. Feeding Jonathan a p p l e s w i t h b u t a n o l o r h e x a n o l c l e a r l y showed t h a t the i n c r e a s e o f t h e r e s p e c t i v e e s t e r s was a t t h e e x p e n s e o f other v o l a t i l e s . The r e s u l t i n g s e n s o r y d e v i a t i o n s from the genuine aroma were compensated by simultaneously f e e d i n g v a r i o u s a l c o h o l s . When compared t o an u n t r e a t e d c o n t r o l , t h e o r i g i n a l m o l a r r a t i o o f e s t e r s was r e s t o r e d , but on a m a r k e d l y h i g h e r l e v e l . T h e s e r a t i o s were c o n s e r v e d f o r s e v e r a l d a y s d u r i n g p r o l o n g e d s t o r a g e a t am b i e n t c o n d i t i o n s . I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g to note that the t o t a l m o l a r amount o f n e w l y f o r m e d e s t e r s i n t h e t h r e e P A e x p e r i m e n t s o f F i g u r e 8 was s i m i l a r (250 t o 270 μ Μ / k g ) . This result underscores the metabolic situation of a l i m i t e d p o o l o f endogenous a c y l m o i e t i e s . More r e f i n e d i n c u b a t i o n p r o t o c o l s c o n s i d e r i n g pROHs, p 0 , and t e m p e r a t u r e w i l l l e a d t o d e s i r e d p a t t e r n s o f aroma compounds. 2

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q u i r e d f o r e s t e r f o r m a t i o n o r i g i n a t e from a p r i m a r y p a t h way. Therefore, changes of concentrations of other, sensorially or physiologically important constituents were f o l l o w e d d u r i n g Ρ Α - s t o r a g e . The c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of sucrose, fructose, and glucose were not markedly a f f e c t e d . The c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f t o t a l a c i d went t h r o u g h a minimum on d a y 3, but then increased to reach the o r i g i n a l concentration of ca. 10 g / k g a f t e r one week. T h i s t i m e c o u r s e o f a c i d c o n c e n t r a t i o n was s i m i l a r i n P A s t o r e d and u n t r e a t e d f r u i t , and d e p e n d e d l a r g e l y on t h e a c c e s s o f oxygen t o t h e f r u i t . S i m i l a r l y , t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f a s c o r b i c a c i d d r o p p e d f r o m 100 t o 55 m g / k g on t h e s e c o n d d a y o f i n c u b a t i o n , and t h e n r o s e c o n t i n u o u s l y , b u t a g a i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f an a l c o h o l s u b s t r a t e i n the gas p h a s e h a d l i t t l e e f f e c t on t h e a b s o l u t e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s .

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t i s s u e . The f o r m a t i o n o f v o l a t i l e f l a v o r s c a n be inte g r a t e d i n t o t h i s view, because the e x c e s s i v e d e g r a d a t i o n o f membrane p o l y m e r s and s t o r a g e compounds i m p l i e s the n e e d t o e l i m i n a t e o s m o t i c a l l y a c t i v e and c y t o t o x i c (free fatty acids) constituents. One means t o m e t a b o l i c r e l i e f i s v o l a t i l i s a t i o n and r e m o v a l f r o m t h e c e l l u s i n g the n a t u r a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n g r a d i e n t . As a r e s u l t , the headspace of ΡΑ-stored fruits contains large amounts of v o l a t i l e e s t e r s . A f l u i d i s e d bed f i l l e d w i t h a polymer adsorbent was developed to isolate volatiles from p r e c u r s o r atmospheres on a l a b s c a l e . I n one t r i a l 15 consecutive isolations at intervals of 32 h o u r s were p e r f o r m e d ( F i g u r e 9) . D u r i n g t h e f i r s t week t h e c o n c e n trations of PA-ennriched esters steadily increased, f o l l o w e d by a s l o w d e c r e a s e d u r i n g t h e following two w e e k s . The l o a d e d p o l y m e r was s o l v e n t d e s o r b e d , a n d t h e flavor concentrates were s e n s o r i c a l l y evaluated using test strips. Even towards the end o f the incubation p e r i o d t y p i c a l sensory r e s u l t s with f r u i t y , apple-like notes were found. A second application of precursor a l c o h o l was n o t u n d e r t a k e n , b u t i s e x p e c t e d t o m a i n t a i n h i g h e s t e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n s i n t h e gas phase.

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from ΡΑ-stored Apples. Aroma e n r i c h e d fruits should represent suitable starting materials for p r o c e s s i n g . A p i l o t s c a l e p l a n t f o r p r o d u c i n g j u i c e from Ρ Α - s t o r e d and u n t r e a t e d a p p l e was u s e d t o d e m o n s t r a t e t h e t r a n s f e r o f v o l a t i l e k e y compounds f r o m t h e f r u i t i n t o a customary p r o d u c t . During these experiments i t turned out t h a t a n a d a p t e d t e c h n o l o g y h a s t o be u s e d : i f an imme diate i n a c t i v a t i o n o f t h e endogenous e s t e r h y d r o l y s i n g activities is not achieved, severe losses of sensory v a l u a b l e compounds w i l l o c c u r . P r o v i d e d t h a t t h i s t e c h n i c a l r e q u i r e m e n t i s met a p r e c e d i n g Ρ Α - s t o r a g e y i e l d s j u i ces t h a t c o n t a i n e l e v a t e d c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of those e s t e r s that determine the fruity character of the over-all f l a v o r . T a b l e I I compares o d o r t h r e s h o l d s and a c t u a l c o n Table I I . V o l a t i l e s of J u i c e of Ρ Α - t r e a t e d Apple Rhein. Bohnapfel (5mM BuOH, 2mM HeOH, l + 2 d S t o r a g e ,

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F i g u r e 9 . E t h y l e s t e r s i s o l a t e d by a d s o r p t i o n / s o l v e n t d e s o r p t i o n f r o m a p p l e PA (50 mM e t h a n o l / k g , c v . Red Delicious).


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c e n t r a t i o n s o f key v o l a t i l e s i n commercial apple juice and j u i c e made f r o m Ρ Α - s t o r e d a p p l e . B o t h p r e c u r s o r a l c o h o l s show s i g n i f i c a n t l y i n c r e a s e d r e s i d u a l c o n c e n t r a tions, but r e m a i n below t h e odor d e t e c t i o n threshold. While n-hexanal occurs i n a l l j u i c e s in concentrations above i t s t h r e s h o l d , 2 - ( E ) - h e x e n a l remains below. Butyl a c e t a t e and e t h y l b u t a n o a t e were f o u n d i n c o n c e n t r a t i o n s above t h e i r t h r e s h o l d s i n P A - j u i c e s o n l y . The i n c r e a s e d l e v e l o f h e x y l a c e t a t e , f i n a l l y , has a s i g n i f i c a n t impact on t h e f r u i t y o d o r c h a r a c t e r . To s u p p l e m e n t t h e a n a l y t i c a l d a t a j u i c e s f r o m u n t r e a t e d and Ρ Α - s t o r e d a p p l e s were s e n s o r i a l l y e v a l u a t e d . Commer c i a l j u i c e s o f good q u a l i t y s e r v e d as a r e f e r e n c e . At l e a s t 6 o u t o f 9 t e s t p e r s o n s were a b l e t o distinguish t h e P A - j u i c e s i n each of the t r i a n g l e t e s t s . Most persons f o u n d t h a t t h e Ρ Α - j u i c e s were more " a p p l e - l i k e " t h a n t h e c o m m e r c i a l p r o d u c t s . A b o u t one t h i r d o f t h e t e s t p e r s o n s rejected the PA-juice, because, without knowing the o r i g i n s of the samples, they argued the u n u s u a l l y i n t e n s e o d o r i m p r e s s i o n s were c a u s e d by a r t i f i c i a l f l a v o r i n g s . I n summary, t h e b e n e f i c i a l e f f e c t s o f Ρ Α - s t o r a g e o f a p p l e were analytically and sensorically demonstrated. The a p p r o a c h o f Ρ Α - s t o r a g e c a n now be t r a n s f e r e d t o other p r o c e s s e d p r o d u c t s from a p p l e , and, p r o b a b l y , t o other f r u i t s and t h e i r p r o d u c t s a s w e l l .

Acknowledgments.

The DECHEMA, F r a n k f u r t , i s thanked f o r f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t v i a t h e M i n i s t e r o f R e s e a r c h and T e c h nology, Bonn. H . K o l l m a n n s b e r g e r was involved in some e a r l y Ρ Α - r e s e a r c h and c o n t r i b u t e d e x p e r i m e n t a l a d v i c e and GC-MS a n a l y s e s . F u r t h e r a n a l y t i c a l and t e c h n i c a l s u p p o r t came f r o m A . K e l l e r , G . L e u p o l d , S . N i t z , a n d I . R e i s c h l e .

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