Publication Date
11-1-2021
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Foods
Volume
10
Issue
11
DOI
10.3390/foods10112836
Abstract
In this study, fresh Lentinula edodes was dehydrated using freeze-drying (FD), hot-air drying (HAD), and natural drying (ND), and the volatile and non-volatile flavor compounds were analyzed. The drying process changed the contents of eight-carbon compounds and resulted in a weaker “mushroom flavor” for dried L. edodes. HAD mushrooms had higher levels of cyclic sulfur compounds (56.55 µg/g) and showed a stronger typical shiitake mushroom aroma than those of fresh (7.24 µg/g), ND (0.04 µg/g), and FD mushrooms (3.90 µg/g). The levels of 5′-nucleotide increased, whereas the levels of organic acids and free amino acids decreased after the drying process. The dried L. edodes treated with FD had the lowest levels of total free amino acids (29.13 mg/g). However, it had the highest levels of umami taste amino acids (3.97 mg/g), bitter taste amino acids (6.28 mg/g) and equivalent umami concentration (EUC) value (29.88 g monosodium glutamate (MSG) per 100 g). The results indicated that FD was an effective drying method to produce umami flavor in dried mushrooms. Meanwhile, HAD can be used to produce a typical shiitake mushroom aroma. Our results provide a theoretical basis to manufacture L. edodes products with a desirable flavor for daily cuisine or in a processed form.
Funding Number
2016-620-000-001-044
Funding Sponsor
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Keywords
5 -nucleotide ′, Drying methods, Free amino acids, Lentinula edodes, Non-volatile compounds, Sulfur compounds, Volatile compounds
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging
Recommended Citation
Lijia Zhang, Xiaobo Dong, Xi Feng, Salam A. Ibrahim, Wen Huang, and Ying Liu. "Effects of drying process on the volatile and non-volatile flavor compounds of lentinula edodes" Foods (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112836
