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changed with time <strong>of</strong> roasting and initial moisture content. <strong>The</strong> higher the moisture<br />

content <strong>of</strong> the peanuts, the more labile the proteins were to heat denaturation,<br />

indicating that the moisture content may affect the balance <strong>of</strong> flavor precursors<br />

(Chiou et al., 1991).<br />

By identifying the compounds that contribute to a flavor, the precursor<br />

compounds and path <strong>of</strong> development may also be eventually identified (Crippen et<br />

al., 1992). Consequently, appropriate pretreatment <strong>of</strong> raw peanuts could be applied,<br />

such as adjustment <strong>of</strong> moisture content to release precursors and therefore enhance<br />

formation <strong>of</strong> roasted peanutty flavor (Chiou et al., 1991). Alternatively, those<br />

precursor concentrations in plants could be increased using genetic engineering to<br />

produce food with more flavor (Teranishi, 1998).<br />

Off-flavors in Peanuts<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>of</strong>f-flavors affecting the sensory pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> a food can be caused by a<br />

variety <strong>of</strong> sources. Foods can contain <strong>of</strong>f-flavors either by airborne or waterborne<br />

contamination, through packaging, oxidation, nonenzymatic browning, enzymatic<br />

reactions, biochemical reactions, microbial contamination, or light-induced reactions<br />

(Reineccius, 1991). In non-preserved foods, the most common source <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>f-flavors<br />

is microbial activity, due to production <strong>of</strong> undesirable primary metabolites, chemical<br />

conversion <strong>of</strong> certain food constituents, or through residual enzyme activity after cell<br />

death (Reineccius, 1991).<br />

In peanuts, the causes <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>f-flavors can be divided into three groups: <strong>of</strong>f-<br />

flavors caused by lipid oxidation, <strong>of</strong>f-flavors which are caused by excessive amounts<br />

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