Recent developments in the analysis of musty odour compounds in water and wine: A review

•Musty odour is one of the most usual taints in food linked to microorganism activity.•These compounds are present at very low levels and have very low sensory thresholds.•Its analysis requires preconcentration together with highly sensitive GC detectors.•Many extraction techniques have been applied...

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Published in:Journal of Chromatography A 2016-01, Vol.1428, p.72-85
Main Authors: Callejón, R.M., Ubeda, C., Ríos-Reina, R., Morales, M.L., Troncoso, A.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beverages
Chromatography
Foods
Instrumentation
Liquid-liquid extraction
Low concentrations
Musty odour
Odours
Off-flavour
Perception
Sample preparation
Sensory threshold
Volatile compounds
Wines
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Summary:•Musty odour is one of the most usual taints in food linked to microorganism activity.•These compounds are present at very low levels and have very low sensory thresholds.•Its analysis requires preconcentration together with highly sensitive GC detectors.•Many extraction techniques have been applied to determine musty compounds.•Instrumentation developments can increase selectivity/sensitivity for these compounds. One of the most common taints in foods is a musty or earthy odour, which is commonly associated with the activity of microorganisms. Liquid foods, particularly wine and water, can be affected by this defect due to the presence of certain aromatic organic compounds at very low concentrations (ng/L) consistent with human threshold perception levels. The volatile compounds responsible for a mouldy off-aroma include approximately 20 compounds, namely, haloanisoles, geosmin, 2-methylisoborneol, several alkyl-methoxypyrazines, 1-octen-3-ol, 1-octen-3-one, trans-octenol, 3-octanone, fenchol and fenchone. Methods for determining these very low concentrations of odour compounds must be extremely sensitive and selective with efficient preconcentration treatments. A number of extraction techniques based on LLME (liquid–liquid microextraction), SPME (solid-phase microextraction) or SBSE (stir-bar sorptive extraction) can be applied and should be selected on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, recent developments in GC instrumentation coupled to different detection systems can effectively increase the selectivity and sensitivity of the analysis of target compounds.
ISSN:0021-9673
DOI:10.1016/j.chroma.2015.09.008