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Flavouring compounds in Indian potato snacks

Journal of Food Science and Technology volume 52, pages 8308–8314 (2015)Cite this article

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Market for processed potato products is rising day by day. Flavour plays important role in decision making by consumers due to their preferences for better tasting food. In potato and potato products, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, guanosine 5′-monophosphate (GMP) and adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP) are the major umami compounds which contribute towards flavour. Therefore, umami 5′ nucleotides (AMP+GMP) were estimated from local potato products available as common fried products in the Indian markets and processed potato products being sold by the retailers. The analysis was also carried in raw, microwaved and pressure cooked tubers of forty seven Indian potato cultivars. Umami 5′ nucleotide content ranged from 2.63 (Aloo seekh) to 8.26 μg/g FW (fried lachcha) in local potato products. In processed potato products, the content ranged from 2.72 μg/g FW (Smiles) to 14.75 μg/g FW (Aloo Bhujia). Along with aloo bhujia, umami 5′ nucleotides were also high in dehydrated aloo lachcha (11.14 μg/g FW) and dehydrated potato chips (10.13 μg/g FW) and low in Smiles (2.72 μg/g FW) and Potato Shortz (3.40 μg/g FW). The study suggests that the potato products prepared solely from potato contained higher levels of umami 5′ nucleotides compared to other products prepared by mixing potato with other cereals and vegetables. In Indian potato cultivars overall there was 14 % increase on microwave cooking and 31 % increase in flavouring compounds on pressure cooking. This type of study enabled in identifying better tasting cultivars for further product development and also to develop products with less addition of salt.

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    Pinky Raigond, Brajesh Singh, Akshita Dhulia, Shelly Chopra & Som Dutt

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Raigond, P., Singh, B., Dhulia, A. et al. Flavouring compounds in Indian potato snacks. J Food Sci Technol 52, 8308–8314 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-015-1888-y

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Keywords

  • Potato
  • Potato products
  • Adenosine 5′ monophosphate
  • Guanosine 5′ monophosphate
  • Microwave cooking
  • Pressure cooking