Fresh lemons (Citrus limon L.) from two locations in Italy were added to fresh olives before milling them to produce flavoured olive oils (FOO). FOOs were characterized for their quality parameters, fatty acid composition, biophenol content, volatile compound composition and sensory profile. Sensory results showed that lemon volatiles would mask negative notes of olive oil obtained from olives with slight offflavours by adding strong notes of lemon leaf, albedo and lemon juice, while they decreased the positive notes of olive fruit, green, leaf and bitter-pungent from good quality olives. Flavouring OO with lemon significantly affected quality indices, with a significant increase of the acidity value and UV indices. OO flavouring with fresh lemon also affected the phenolic compounds, particularly the simplest forms, hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol. A dramatic decrease of the concentration of aldehydic and dialdehydic forms of oleuropein was also observed in FOO. As expected, volatile profile of virgin OO dramatically changed due to lemons addition, which caused the presence of several terpene compounds, namely limonene, apinene, b-pinene, sabinene, b-mircene and g-terpinene. In contrast, virgin OO volatile compounds decreased with lemon addition. In conclusion, addition of lemon to OO should be carried out by considering these results, as well as the legislation for this kind of product.

Characterisation of lemon-flavoured olive oils / Sacchi, Raffaele; DELLA MEDAGLIA, DOROTEA ANNA; Paduano, Antonello; Caporaso, Nicola; Genovese, Alessandro. - In: LEBENSMITTEL-WISSENSCHAFT + TECHNOLOGIE. - ISSN 0023-6438. - 79:(2017), pp. 326-332. [10.1016/j.lwt.2017.01.025]

Characterisation of lemon-flavoured olive oils

SACCHI, RAFFAELE;DELLA MEDAGLIA, DOROTEA ANNA;PADUANO, ANTONELLO;CAPORASO, NICOLA;GENOVESE, Alessandro
2017

Abstract

Fresh lemons (Citrus limon L.) from two locations in Italy were added to fresh olives before milling them to produce flavoured olive oils (FOO). FOOs were characterized for their quality parameters, fatty acid composition, biophenol content, volatile compound composition and sensory profile. Sensory results showed that lemon volatiles would mask negative notes of olive oil obtained from olives with slight offflavours by adding strong notes of lemon leaf, albedo and lemon juice, while they decreased the positive notes of olive fruit, green, leaf and bitter-pungent from good quality olives. Flavouring OO with lemon significantly affected quality indices, with a significant increase of the acidity value and UV indices. OO flavouring with fresh lemon also affected the phenolic compounds, particularly the simplest forms, hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol. A dramatic decrease of the concentration of aldehydic and dialdehydic forms of oleuropein was also observed in FOO. As expected, volatile profile of virgin OO dramatically changed due to lemons addition, which caused the presence of several terpene compounds, namely limonene, apinene, b-pinene, sabinene, b-mircene and g-terpinene. In contrast, virgin OO volatile compounds decreased with lemon addition. In conclusion, addition of lemon to OO should be carried out by considering these results, as well as the legislation for this kind of product.
2017
Characterisation of lemon-flavoured olive oils / Sacchi, Raffaele; DELLA MEDAGLIA, DOROTEA ANNA; Paduano, Antonello; Caporaso, Nicola; Genovese, Alessandro. - In: LEBENSMITTEL-WISSENSCHAFT + TECHNOLOGIE. - ISSN 0023-6438. - 79:(2017), pp. 326-332. [10.1016/j.lwt.2017.01.025]
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