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Table 1 The flavors produced by main cooked rice components

From: Volatile Organic Compounds, Evaluation Methods and Processing Properties for Cooked Rice Flavor

Rice components

Mainly produced substances

Common compounds

Literature

Protein

Aldehydes and ketones, furans, pyrrole and sulfurous compound

2-phenyl ethanol, phenylacetic acid, 6-methyl-5-heptene-2-ketone, 1-pyrroline, 2-methyl-3-furanthiol and dimethyl sulfide

Yoon et al. (2012), Amagliani et al. (2017), Oliveira et al. (2022), Zhang et al. (2021), Monsoor and Proctor (2004), Bryant and McClung (2011), Yang et al. (2008), Grimm et al. (2011) and Jezussek et al. (2002)

Lipids

Aldehydes, ketones, furans, alcohols, acids and hydrocarbons

Hexanal, valeraldehyde, (E)-2-octenal, (E, E)-2, 4-decdienal, 3-pentene-2-ketone, 2-pentylfuran, amyl alcohol, oleic acid, linoleic acid and heptadecane

Starch

Aldehydes and ketones, furans and pyrrole

Nonanal, butanedione, furfural, 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline

Maillard-derived volatiles

Pyrazines, Strecker aldehydes, etc

2-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, benzeneacetaldehyde, 3-methylbutanal, 2-methylbutanal, etc