Effects of different vanilla extraction methods on sensory and colour properties of vanilla ice creams during storage

The effects of enzyme assisted vanilla extract (EAVE), traditional vanilla extract made from the same mature vanilla beans and commercial vanilla extract, adjusted to 0.1% vanillin concentration, on the sensory and colour properties of vanilla ice cream were studied. For the production of 1 kg of ice cream, vanilla extracts contributed 5 mg of vanillin but each extract contributed different amounts of non‐vanillin flavour compounds. Flavour and odour parameters of ice creams did not show changes during 3 weeks of storage while colour parameters decreased in ice cream made with EAVE from the first day of manufacture. When EAVE was used, it produced a whiter colour in the ice cream, which was found to be less stable from the second week of storage. This observation was confirmed with the measurement of L and chroma colour parameters.     

Hochdruckflüssigchromatographische Untersuchung von Vanille-CO2-Hochdruckextrakten

HPLC has been used for the determination of vanillin,p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillic acid,p-hydroxybenzoic acid, ethyl vanillin, piperonal and coumarin in CO₂ extracts and alcoholic extracts of vanilla beans. Ethyl vanillin, piperonal and coumarin were found in none of the samples. By measuring vanillin,p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillic acid andp-hydroxybenzoic acid a great difference between the amount and the ratio of these main components of the usual alcoholic vanilla extracts and the CO₂ vanilla extracts was shown. The present requirements for vanilla extracts and products containing vanilla extracts refer only to the composition of alcoholic extracts for which, in contrast to CO₂ vanilla extracts, many studies have been published. The critical examination of products containing CO₂ vanilla extracts by using the ratios of vanilla compounds found in the present literature could lead to erroneous complaints. For the purpose of estimating the influence of the extraction solvent on the yield of vanillin, one sample of vanilla beans of each provenance was extracted besides the CO₂ extraction also with the solvents ethanol-water according to the method for a single-fold extract and with the solvents dichloromethane and hexane. In all three cases dichloromethane was found to be the best solvent. Furthermore, the ethanol-water extraction tended to give 6–22% more vanillin than the CO₂ extraction. To achieve unequivocal results, the examination of more samples is necessary.     

Mass Transfer During Vanilla Pods Solid Liquid Extraction: Effect of Extraction Method

In this paper, experimental kinetics of vanilla pods’ solid–liquid extraction were obtained by three different methods: with agitation, without agitation, and microwave-assisted (MAE) without agitation. The extraction kinetics of aroma compounds (vanillin, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid) was measured in vanilla pods (refined) and extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography. Additionally, the equilibrium distribution of aroma compounds between phases and the retained solution by refined pods were experimentally evaluated. A mechanistic model of two simultaneous algebraic equations was fitted to experimental data in order to estimate the aroma compound diffusivities inside the pods and mass transfer coefficients in the extract. The diffusivities in vanilla pods at 50 °C were 4.31?×?10^?11, 2.93?×?10^?11, and 3.50?×?10^?11?m²?s^?1 for vanillin, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid, respectively. External mass transfer coefficients were in the order of 1.0?×?10^?4?m?s^?1 for forced convection extraction and MAE and 3.33?×?10^?7?m?s^?1 for natural convection extraction.     

Enzyme-Assisted Process for Production of Superior Quality Vanilla Extracts from Green Vanilla Pods Using Tea Leaf Enzymes

Vanilla planifolia Andrews is a perennial tropical vine and is an orchid grown for its pleasant flavor. There is an increasing trend world over for using natural flavors. Vanilla being an important food flavoring ingredient, the demand for natural vanilla extract is increasing. Hence, the aim of the present study was to prepare vanilla extract from green beans without going through the elaborate and time-consuming conventional curing process. Vanilla beans after size reduction were mixed in a suitable proportion with tea leaf enzyme extract (TLEE) and incubated to facilitate action of enzymes on vanilla flavor precursors. The beans mix was squeezed, and the filtrate was treated with ethanol to extract the vanilla flavor. TLEE-treated extracts had higher vanillin content (4.2%) compared to Viscozyme extract (2.4%). Also, it had higher intensity of vanilla flavor, sweet, and floral notes. Further, electronic nose analysis confirmed the discrimination between extracts. It was concluded that the use of TLEE is very much useful to obtain higher yield of vanilla extract and superior quality vanilla flavor, which avoids the traditional laborious and time-consuming curing process.     

GC–MS and GC–olfactometry analysis of aroma compounds in a representative organic aroma extract from cured vanilla (Vanilla planifolia G. Jackson) beans

Volatile compounds from cured vanilla beans were extracted using organic solvents. Sensory analysis showed that the aromatic extract obtained with a pentane/ether (1/1 v/v) solvent mixture provided the extract most representative of vanilla bean flavour. Sixty-five volatiles were identified in a pentane/ether extract by GC–MS analysis. Aromatic acids, aliphatic acids and phenolic compounds were the major volatiles. By GC–O analysis of the pentane/ether extract, 26 odour-active compounds were detected. The compounds guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, acetovanillone and vanillyl alcohol, found at much lower concentrations in vanilla beans than vanillin, proved to be as intense as vanillin.     

The effect of killing conditions on the structural changes in vanilla (Vanilla planifolia, Andrews) pods during the curing process

The effect of seven methods of killing vanilla ( Vanilla planifolia , Andrews) pods on disassembly of the cell wall was studied. The following methods of plant killing were considered in this study: pod immersions in hot water under three conditions (65 °C for 3 min, 70 °C for 2 min, 80 °C for 10 s each of three times in 30 s intervals), pod immersions in 1% NaOH at 22 °C or 65 °C for 3 min, pod immersions in 95% ethanol at 22 °C for 60 min, and freezing at −10 °C for 24 h. Two procedures of vanilla pod killing, pod freezing at −10 °C for 24 h or pod immersions in hot water at 80 °C for 10 s each of three times in 30 s intervals, provoked the deepest and fastest disassembly of the cell wall structure and the successive cell content blending of the vanilla pod during the 8 days after curing.     

Biovanillin from agro wastes as an alternative food flavour

This review provides an overview of biovanillin production from agro wastes as an alternative food flavour. Biovanillin is one of the widely used flavour compounds in the foods, beverages and pharmaceutical industries. An alternative production approach for biovanillin as a food flavour is hoped for due to the high and variable cost of natural vanillin as well as the limited availability of vanilla pods in the market. Natural vanillin refers to the main organic compound that is extracted from the vanilla bean, as compared to biovanillin, which is produced biologically by microorganisms from a natural precursor such as ferulic acid. Biovanillin is also reviewed as a potential bioflavour produced by microbial fermentation in an economically feasible way in the near future. In fact, we briefly discuss natural, synthetic and biovanillin and the types of agro wastes that are useful as sources for bioconversion of ferulic acid into biovanillin. The subsequent part of the review emphasizes the current application of vanillin as well as the utilization of biovanillin as an alternative food flavour. The final part summarizes biovanillin production from agro wastes that could be of benefit as a food flavour derived from potential natural precursors.© 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

海南产不同等级香草兰豆挥发性成分分析

采用电子鼻和顶空固相微萃取-气相色谱-质谱联用技术,分析海南产不同等级香草兰豆挥发性香气,采用高效液相色谱技术检测主要香气物质的含量。结果表明：不同等级香草兰豆的整体香气在电子鼻主成分分析图谱上有显著性差异;顶空固相微萃取-气相色谱-质谱技术共检测出75 种挥发性香气成分,一级、二级、三级豆分别检测出67、65 种和60 种,相对含量最多为香草醛,分别为58.86%、56.66%、43.90%,不同等级香草兰豆的芳香族类、醛类、酮类、酸类、醇类、杂环六大类香气化合物相对含量有明显差异,芳香族类是香草兰豆中最主要香气化合物,相对含量分别为88.99%、88.35%和82.55%;高效液相色谱检测结果表明,与二级和三级豆相比,一级豆中香草醛、香草酸相对含量最高,分别为3.56%、0.21%;二级豆中对羟基苯甲醛相对含量高于一级和三级豆,为0.15%;在3 个等级豆中,三级豆对羟基苯甲酸相对含量最高为0.03%。     

The effect of hydration time and ethanol concentration on the rate of hydrolysis of extracted vanilla beans by commercial cellulase preparations

The rate of producing reducing sugars from extracted vanilla beans by using cellulolytic enzymes was studied. The hydration of cellulose improved the efficiency of hydrolysis. The treatment using Crystalzyme PML‐MX at a concentration of 2.64 International Filter Paper Units (IFPU) g^?1 of bean was the most successful and the enzyme stable for up to 5:100 (weight:volume) of ethanol. After 48 h of prehydration and 26 h of enzymatic hydrolysis with this enzyme preparation, 196.6 mg g^?1 reducing sugars containing 15.9 mg g^?1 glucose were liberated. Less active enzyme products, Zymafilt L‐300 and Novozym, had greater cellulolytic activity when 10 or 15:100 (weight:volume) of ethanol were added respectively. Because of their stability with ethanol, the enzyme products could be used in the pretreatment of botanical material that are rich in flavour compounds and in this manner improve the final extraction of valuable flavours.     

Analysis of the inhibition of food spoilage yeasts by vanillin

The antimicrobial potential of vanillin, the major component of vanilla flavour, was examined against the growth of three yeasts associated with food spoilage, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bailii and Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 21, 20 and 13 mM vanillin were determined for the three yeast strains, respectively. The observed inhibition was found to be biostatic. During fermentation, the bioconversion of sub-MIC levels of vanillin in the culture medium was demonstrated. The major bioconversion product was identified as vanillyl alcohol, however low levels of vanillic acid were also detected. Neither the vanillyl alcohol nor the vanillic acid was found to be antagonistic to yeast cell growth. The results indicate the importance of the aldehyde moiety in the vanillin structure regarding its antimicrobial activity and that the bioconversion of vanillin could be advantageous for the yeasts, but only at levels below MIC. These bioconversion activities, presumably catalysed by non-specific dehydrogenases, were shown to be expressed constitutively. It was observed that increased vanillin concentrations inhibited its own bioconversion suggesting that the activity required intact cells with metabolic capacity.     

Effect of Tissue Disruption by Different Methods Followed by Incubation with Hydrolyzing Enzymes on the Production of Vanillin from Tongan Vanilla Beans

Vanilla is one of the most popular and valuable flavorings worldwide. Natural vanilla is extracted from the cured vanilla pods of Vanilla planifolia. The main aromatic compound in vanilla is vanillin, a phenolic aldehyde, which is produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of glucovanillin during the curing process. Although the amount of glucovanillin in the uncured green bean is present at the level of 10–15%, only an average of about 2% vanillin yield results from the traditional curing process. Therefore, the aim of the experiment was to increase the vanillin yield by obtaining the maximum conversion of glucovanillin. This was obtained by the addition of exogenous cellulase, pectinase, and beta glucosidase enzymes and cellular-damaging techniques on green Tongan vanilla beans to enhance the interaction between glucovanallin substrate and enzymes and successfully achieved vanillin production ranging from 4.25 to 7.00% on a dry weight basis. These techniques may be further refined and translated into industrial curing practices for improvement of natural vanillin yield from vanilla beans.     

基于感官导向的香荚兰特征风味物质分析及重构

采用顶空固相微萃取结合气相色谱-质谱联用法分析香荚兰提取物挥发性香气成分组成。以感官为导向,利用嗅觉阈值、香气活性值（odour active value,OAV）及香气重组实验研究香荚兰提取物特征风味物质并进行重构。结果表明,香荚兰提取物中共检出83种香气成分,与香荚兰提取物特征风味密切相关的奶香、甜香、酸香、膏香、焦香、豆香和辛香香韵特征成分共有34种。基于OAV判断香兰素、4-(乙氧基甲基)苯酚、愈创木酚、乙酸、4-乙烯基愈创木酚、香草醇乙醚等14种化合物为香荚兰提取物特征风味的关键贡献成分。14种关键贡献成分的重组样品具有香荚兰样的奶香、甜香、烟熏香和酸香,香荚兰特征香气风格辨识度明显,与香荚兰特征风味天然香原料的感官相似度达92.33%。香兰素、4-(乙氧基甲基)苯酚、愈创木酚、乙酸、4-乙烯基愈创木酚、香草醇乙醚、乳酸乙酯等14种化合物被鉴定为香荚兰特征风味物质,可作为香荚兰特征风味天然香原料质控的关键指标,也可为复配重构香荚兰特征风味添加剂提供物质基础。     

Volatile constituents of roasted tigernut oil (Cyperus esculentus L.)

BACKGROUND: Volatile compounds play a key role in determining the sensory appreciation of vegetable oils. In this study a systematic evaluation of odorants responsible for the characteristic flavour of roasted tigernut oil was carried out. RESULTS: A total of 75 odour‐active volatiles were identified. From these, 13 aroma compounds showing high flavour dilution factors in the range of 16 to 128 were quantified by their odour activity values (OAVs). On the basis of high OAVs in oil, the following aroma compounds [vanillin (chocolate, sweet vanilla), 5‐ethylfurfural (caramel, spicy), 2,3‐dihydro‐3,5‐dihydroxy‐6‐methyl‐4H‐pyran‐4‐one (caramel), phenyl acetaldehyde (honey‐like), ethanone, 1‐(4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxyphenyl) (faint vanilla)] were elucidated as important contributors to the overall chocolate, sweet vanilla, butterscotch aroma of the oil. CONCLUSION: Odorants with high concentrations in the roasted tigernut oil such as 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural, ethyl hexadecanoate, n‐propyl‐9,12‐octadecadienoate gave relatively low OAVs, so their contributions to the overall orthonasal aroma impression of roasted tigernut oil can be assumed to be low. © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

Phenolic compounds in Imburana (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Amburana cearensis)</Emphasis> powder extracts

In response to the increasing demand for aged distilled spirits, wood extracts have been investigated as accelerating agents in distilled spirits. The aim of this work was to obtain and to evaluate the potential use of Amburana cearensis powder extracts as an accelerating aging agent in sugar cane distilled spirits. Wood powder was submitted to different toasting treatments using conventional drying oven and microwave oven. Instead of using the traditional reflux extraction method, the phenolic compounds were extracted by means of ultrasonic treatment using a 50% ethanolic solution with pH adjusted to 4.5. The concentration of gallic acid, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, furfural, vanillic acid, syringic acid, vanillin, coniferaldehyde, sinapaldehyde and coumarin, determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used as quality parameters of powder toasting treatment and ethanolic extraction. The use of toasted wood powder combined with ultrasonic extraction showed higher yields when compared to the traditional solvent extraction method when obtaining wood extracts. The extraction method presented in this work is also less time consuming.     

Comparison of extraction and isolation efficiency of catechins and caffeine from green tea leaves using different solvent systems

Catechins from green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) have received considerable attention due to their beneficial effects on human health, such as antioxidant and anticancer activities. Optimisation of extraction conditions of the catechins from green tea leaves was performed using different solvents (ethanol or distilled water), different extraction methods (ultrasound‐assisted, room temperature or reflux extractions) and various extraction times (0.5–24 h). The optimal extraction conditions were determined using 40% ethanol with ultrasound‐assisted extraction method for 2 h at 40 °C. In addition, two isolation methods for the recovery of catechins from green tea extracts were compared using different solvent combinations (chloroform/ethyl acetate versus ethyl acetate/dichloromethane). The results showed that the ethyl acetate/dichloromethane system could achieve much higher content of catechins than the other isolation approaches, indicating the method that extract catechins first with organic solvent such as ethyl acetate before removing caffeine is much effective than removing caffeine first when organic solvents are used for the recovery of catechins without caffeine from green tea extracts.     

Rapid discrimination and characterization of vanilla bean extracts by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy and selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

Vanilla beans have been shown to contain over 200 compounds, which can vary in concentration depending on the region where the beans are harvested. Several compounds including vanillin, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, guaiacol, and anise alcohol have been found to be important for the aroma profile of vanilla. Our objective was to evaluate the performance of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for rapid discrimination and characterization of vanilla bean extracts. Vanilla extracts were obtained from different countries including Uganda, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, and India. Multivariate data analysis (soft independent modeling of class analogy, SIMCA) was utilized to determine the clustering patterns between samples. Both methods provided differentiation between samples for all vanilla bean extracts. FTIR differentiated on the basis of functional groups, whereas the SIFT-MS method provided more specific information about the chemical basis of the differentiation. SIMCA's discriminating power showed that the most important compounds responsible for the differentiation between samples by SIFT-MS were vanillin, anise alcohol, 4-methylguaiacol, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde/trimethylpyrazine, p-cresol/anisole, guaiacol, isovaleric acid, and acetic acid. ATR-IR spectroscopy analysis showed that the classification of samples was related to major bands at 1523, 1573, 1516, 1292, 1774, 1670, 1608, and 1431 cm(-1) , associated with vanillin and vanillin derivatives.     

High‐performance liquid chromatography procedure for the determination of flavor enhancers in consumer chocolate products and artificial flavors

BACKGROUND: A number of individual high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) procedures exist for the analysis of maltol, theobromine, ethyl maltol, catechin, vanillic acid, caffeine, vanillin, epicatechin, and ethyl vanillin. A single procedure utilizing simple sample preparation and less sophisticated equipment would be advantageous for the analysis of different sample types containing these compounds. RESULTS: An HPLC procedure has been developed using water as the extract for consumer products and artificial flavors. A methanol–water gradient was used to elute the compounds of interest using a reverse‐phase column. Absorbance detection using a wavelength of 273 nm was used to monitor the eluent. Recoveries for these compounds ranged from 88% to 104%. CONCLUSIONS: Results obtained for theobromine, catechin, caffeine, and epicatechin in Standard Reference Material 2380 Baking Chocolate compare well with those found in its certificate of analysis verifying that the procedure is valid. Vanillic acid and ethyl vanillic acid were found as oxidation products of vanillin and ethyl vanillin in both standards and some consumer products. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry