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J. Dairy Sci. 90:556-569
© American Dairy Science Association, 2007.

Study on the Influence of Pasture on Volatile Fraction of Ewes’ Dairy Products by Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

M. Povolo*,1, G. Contarini*, M. Mele{dagger} and P. Secchiari{dagger}

* CRA-Istituto Sperimentale Lattiero-Caseario, 26900 Lodi, Italy
{dagger} Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell’Agroecosistema, Sezione di Scienze Zootecniche Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy

1 Corresponding author: mpovolo{at}ilclodi.it

The detection of markers of identification of the geographical origin of food is an attractive challenge and, as far as dairy products are concerned, this paper represents a contribution to this field. In this research the influence of feed on the volatile compound composition was investigated on milk, 2-mo-old cheese (Caciotta), and whey cheese (ricotta) obtained from the same flock of Sarda ewes, under standardized technological conditions. Three different types of pasture (mixture of Lolium perenne and Trifolium squarrosum; rough pasture; Avena sativa) were studied. Solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used and principal component analysis was applied for statistical evaluation of the data set. The volatile composition was significantly affected by the type of pasture independently of the type of cheese and the ripening period. Moreover, a marker of rough pasture, tentatively identified as (E,E)-3,7,11-tri-methyl-2,4,10-dodecatriene, was detected only in milk and cheeses produced when the ewe flock grazed on that pasture.

Key Words: pasture • milk and cheese • solid-phase microextraction • gas chromatography-mass spectrometry






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