A comprehensive evaluation of flavor instability of beer (Part 2): The influence of De Novo formation of aging aldehydes

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Contributors

  • Arndt Nobis - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Melanie Kwasnicki - , Chair of Food Chemistry (Author)
  • Florian Lehnhardt - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Michael Hellwig - , Technical University of Braunschweig (Author)
  • Thomas Henle - , Chair of Food Chemistry (Author)
  • Thomas Becker - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Martina Gastl - , Technical University of Munich (Author)

Abstract

Flavor instability of beer is affected by the rise of aroma-active aldehydes during aging. Aldehydes can be either released from bound-state forms or formed de novo. This second part of our study focused on the de novo formation of aldehydes during the Maillard reaction, Strecker degradation, and oxidation reactions. Key precursor compounds for de novo pathways are free amino acids. This study varied the potential for reactions by varying free amino acid content in fresh beer using different proteolytic malt modification levels (569–731 mg/100 g d. m. of soluble nitrogen) of the used malt in brewing trials. Overall, six pale lager beers were produced from three malts (different malt modification levels), each was made from two different barley varieties and was naturally and forcibly aged. It was found that higher malt modification levels in fresh beer and during beer aging increased amino acid and dicarbonyl concentrations as aging precursors and Strecker aldehyde contents as aging indicators. Dicarbonyls were degraded during aging. Advanced glycation end products as possible degradation products showed no consistent formation during aging. Therefore, Strecker reactions were favored during beer aging. No alternative oxidative formation of Strecker aldehydes from their corresponding alcohols could be confirmed. Along with the preceding part one of our investigation, the results of this study showed that de novo formation and release occur simultaneously. After 4 months of natural aging, aldehyde rise is mainly accounted for by de novo formation.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number2668
JournalFoods
Volume10
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-8528-6893/work/142256488

Keywords

Keywords

  • Aldehydes, Beer aging, Dicarbonyls, Maillard reaction, Proteolytic malt modification, Strecker degradation