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29.07.2022 09:54

Odorant Analysis 2.0 – Technique for the Isolation of Volatile Food Compounds Optimized

Dr. Gisela Olias Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Leibniz-Institut für Lebensmittel-Systembiologie

    A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB) has succeeded in automating an established method for the gentle, artifact-avoiding isolation of volatile food ingredients. As the team's current comparative study now shows, automated solvent-assisted flavor evaporation (aSAFE) offers significant advantages over the manual process. It achieves higher yields on average and reduces the risk of contamination by nonvolatile substances.

    The optimized method is particularly important for odorant analysis. Odorants contribute significantly to the sensory profile of food and have a major influence on eating pleasure. Knowing the key odorants that shape the aroma of a food is therefore of interest both for analytical quality control and for targeted product development in the food industry.

    Isolating volatile compounds from food - anything but trivial

    However, isolating volatile compounds from food is not trivial. Many established methods lead to losses of labile odorants as well as to odor-active artifacts and are therefore unsuitable for odorant research. The manual SAFE technique developed in 1999 made it possible for the first time to easily isolate even thermally labile odorants from food without artifact formation. "This is an important prerequisite for using further analytical methods to identify the key odorants," says Philipp Schlumpberger, who contributed equally to the study with Christine Stübner. Both are currently working on their doctorates at LSB.

    Today, manual SAFE is established worldwide as a standard procedure in aroma research. Nevertheless, the research team saw a need for optimization in ease of use, in the yields achieved, and in reducing the risk of transferring nonvolatile material, which can significantly interfere with subsequent analytical steps.

    The valve is critical

    "As we discovered, the problems are mainly associated with the manual operation of the valve on the dropping funnel. Therefore, we replaced it with an electronically controlled pneumatic valve. To fully automate the SAFE apparatus, we optionally extended it with an automatic liquid nitrogen refill system as well as an endpoint detection and shutdown system," explains Martin Steinhaus, section and working group leader at LSB.

    As the team's study now shows, the installation of the automatic valve increased yields, particularly for lipid-rich food extracts and for odorants with comparatively high boiling points. In addition, operator errors, which can lead to contamination of isolates with nonvolatile substances in the manual version, are eliminated with the automated SAFE.

    "In the meantime, automated SAFE has replaced the manual variant in our laboratories. Other academic and industrial research groups are already following our example,” says principal investigator Martin Steinhaus.

    Publication: Schlumpberger, P., Stübner, C.A. & Steinhaus, M. (2022) Development and evaluation of an automated solvent-assisted flavour evaporation (aSAFE). Eur Food Res Technol. 10.1007/s00217-022-04072-1. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00217-022-04072-1.pdf

    More Information:

    Funding:

    Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The study was partially supported by funds of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) based on a decision of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany via the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) under the innovation support program (Grant No. 2816504314).

    Videos on aSAFE:

    Videos on automated and fully automated SAFE can be found on the Institute's YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1iN8PyMGvarKilzgo_pQww

    Contact:

    Expert contact:

    PD Dr. Martin Steinhaus
    Head of Section I and the Research Group Food Metabolome Chemistry
    Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology
    at the Technical University of Munich (LSB)
    Lise-Meitner-Str. 34
    85354 Freising, Germany
    Phone: +49 8161 71-2991
    E-mail: m.steinhaus.leibniz-lsb@tum.de

    Press contact at LSB:

    Dr. Gisela Olias
    Knowledge Transfer, Press and Public Relations
    Phone: +49 8161 71-2980
    E-mail: g.olias.leibniz-lsb@tum.de
    https://www.leibniz-lsb.de

    Information about the Institute:

    The Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB) comprises a new, unique research profile at the interface of Food Chemistry & Biology, Chemosensors & Technology, and Bioinformatics & Machine Learning. As this profile has grown far beyond the previous core discipline of classical food chemistry, the institute spearheads the development of a food systems biology. Its aim is to develop new approaches for the sustainable production of sufficient quantities of food whose biologically active effector molecule profiles are geared to health and nutritional needs, but also to the sensory preferences of consumers. To do so, the institute explores the complex networks of sensorically relevant effector molecules along the entire food production chain with a focus on making their effects systemically understandable and predictable in the long term.

    The LSB is a member of the Leibniz Association, which connects 97 independent research institutions. Their orientation ranges from the natural sciences, engineering and environmental sciences through economics, spatial and social sciences to the humanities. Leibniz Institutes devote themselves to social, economic and ecological issues. They conduct knowledge-oriented and application-oriented research, also in the overlapping Leibniz research networks, are or maintain scientific infrastructures and offer research-based services. The Leibniz Association focuses on knowledge transfer, especially with the Leibniz Research Museums. It advises and informs politics, science, business and the public. Leibniz institutions maintain close cooperation with universities - among others, in the form of the Leibniz Science Campuses, industry and other partners in Germany and abroad. They are subject to a transparent and independent review process. Due to their national significance, the federal government and the federal states jointly fund the institutes of the Leibniz Association. The Leibniz Institutes employ around 21,000 people, including almost 12,000 scientists. The entire budget of all the institutes is more than two billion euros.

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    Wissenschaftliche Ansprechpartner:

    PD Dr. Martin Steinhaus
    Head of Section I and the Research Group Food Metabolome Chemistry

    Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology
    at the Technical University of Munich (LSB)

    Lise-Meitner-Str. 34
    85354 Freising, Germany
    Phone: +49 8161 71-2991
    E-mail: m.steinhaus.leibniz-lsb@tum.de


    Originalpublikation:

    Schlumpberger, P., Stübner, C.A. & Steinhaus, M. (2022) Development and evaluation of an automated solvent-assisted flavour evaporation (aSAFE). Eur Food Res Technol. 10.1007/s00217-022-04072-1. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00217-022-04072-1.pdf


    Weitere Informationen:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1iN8PyMGvarKilzgo_pQww Videos on automated and fully automated SAFE can be found on the Institute's YouTube channel at


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    Laboratory of the Research Group Food Metabolome Chemistry
    Laboratory of the Research Group Food Metabolome Chemistry
    J. Krpelan
    LSB


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