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Enhancement of coffee brew aroma through control of the aroma staling pathway of 2-furfurylthiol (2020)
Journal Article
Sun, Z., Cui, H., Yang, N., Ayed, C., Zhang, X., & Fisk, I. D. (2020). Enhancement of coffee brew aroma through control of the aroma staling pathway of 2-furfurylthiol. Food Chemistry, 322, Article 126754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126754

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd During storage of coffee, the key aroma 2-furfurylthiol becomes less active, the mechanisms of this loss and ways to mitigate it were investigated. Aroma profiles were analyzed using GC–MS and sensory properties were evaluated by... Read More about Enhancement of coffee brew aroma through control of the aroma staling pathway of 2-furfurylthiol.

Impact of capsaicin on aroma release: in vitro and in vivo analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Galves, C., Yang, N., Racioni Goncalves, A. C., Chen, J., & Fisk, I. (2020). Impact of capsaicin on aroma release: in vitro and in vivo analysis. Food Research International, 133, Article 109197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109197

© 2020 The Authors Capsaicin is the main bioactive compound in chili pepper that leads to the perception of “spiciness”. However, the effect of capsaicin on aroma release in the nose remains unexplained. This is the first study designed to measure ca... Read More about Impact of capsaicin on aroma release: in vitro and in vivo analysis.

Corrigendum to “Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects” [Food Chem. 211 (2016) 206–214] (2020)
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Yang, N., Liu, C., Liu, X., Degn, T. K., Munchow, M., & Fisk, I. (2020). Corrigendum to “Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects” [Food Chem. 211 (2016) 206–214]. Food Chemistry, 315, Article 126331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126331

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The authors regret, that the incorrect graph is showing as Figure 5a. The correct graph is shown below. [Figure presented] The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Effect of tongue temperature on oral tactile sensitivity and viscosity discrimination (2019)
Journal Article
Lv, C., Lou, L., Mosca, A. C., Wang, X., Yang, N., & Chen, J. (2020). Effect of tongue temperature on oral tactile sensitivity and viscosity discrimination. Food Hydrocolloids, 102, Article 105578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2019.105578

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd An Individual's oral capability in perceiving food texture influences greatly food appreciation and preference. While there is no doubt that one's ability of texture discrimination depends on various oral physiological characteris... Read More about Effect of tongue temperature on oral tactile sensitivity and viscosity discrimination.

Effect of olive oil phenolic compounds on the aroma release and persistence from O/W emulsion analysed in vivo by APCI-MS (2019)
Journal Article
Genovese, A., Caporaso, N., di Bari, V., Yang, N., & Fisk, I. (2019). Effect of olive oil phenolic compounds on the aroma release and persistence from O/W emulsion analysed in vivo by APCI-MS. Food Research International, 126, Article 108686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108686

The effect of the presence of virgin olive oil (VOO) phenolic compounds was studied during the in-vivo consumption of an olive oil-in-water (O/W) food emulsion, assessed by APCI-MS. VOO phenolic compounds were present at 593 mg kg . Four volatile com... Read More about Effect of olive oil phenolic compounds on the aroma release and persistence from O/W emulsion analysed in vivo by APCI-MS.

Aroma binding and stability in brewed coffee: A case study of 2-furfurylthiol (2019)
Journal Article
Sun, Z., Yang, N., Liu, C., Linforth, R. S., Zhang, X., & Fisk, I. D. (2019). Aroma binding and stability in brewed coffee: A case study of 2-furfurylthiol. Food Chemistry, 295, 449-455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.05.175

The aroma stability of fresh coffee brew was investigated during storage over 60 minutes, there was a substantial reduction in available 2-furfurylthiol (2-FFT) (84%), methanethiol (72%), 3-methyl-1H-pyrole (68%) and an increase of 2-pentylfuran (65%... Read More about Aroma binding and stability in brewed coffee: A case study of 2-furfurylthiol.

Impact of water-soluble precursors leaching from green beans on aroma generation during coffee roasting (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, C., Yang, N., Linforth, R., & Fisk, I. D. (2018). Impact of water-soluble precursors leaching from green beans on aroma generation during coffee roasting. In Flavour Science: Proceedings of the XV Weurman Flavour Research Symposium (119-122). https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-593-5-25

In this investigation green Robusta coffee beans were pre-soaked with different time-temperature profiles before roasting in normal conditions and grinding to a standardized particle size. Aroma profile of roasted coffee beans and water soluble precu... Read More about Impact of water-soluble precursors leaching from green beans on aroma generation during coffee roasting.

Enhancing Robusta coffee aroma by modifying flavour precursors in the green coffee bean (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, C., Yang, N., Yang, Q., Ayed, C., Linforth, R., & Fisk, I. D. (2019). Enhancing Robusta coffee aroma by modifying flavour precursors in the green coffee bean. Food Chemistry, 281, 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.12.080

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This study attempted to improve Robusta sensory properties by modifying the beans chemical composition. Building on our previous work, which modified bean pH through acid pre-treatment, a model system was developed where, sugar so... Read More about Enhancing Robusta coffee aroma by modifying flavour precursors in the green coffee bean.

A non-invasive measurement of tongue surface temperature (2018)
Journal Article
Lv, C., Wang, X., Chen, J., Yang, N., & Fisk, I. (2019). A non-invasive measurement of tongue surface temperature. Food Research International, 116, 499-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2018.08.066

Oral temperature, tongue specifically, is a key factor affecting oral sensation and perception of food flavour and texture. It is therefore very important to know how the tongue temperature is affected by food consumption. Unfortunately, traditional... Read More about A non-invasive measurement of tongue surface temperature.

Modifying Robusta coffee aroma by green bean chemical pre-treatment (2018)
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Liu, C., Yang, Q., Linforth, R., Fisk, I. D., & Yang, N. (2019). Modifying Robusta coffee aroma by green bean chemical pre-treatment. Food Chemistry, 272, 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.226

Green Robusta beans were subjected to pre-treatment with the aim of reducing the perceived aroma difference between Arabica and Robusta coffee. Treatment was a short soaking procedure with varying concentrations of acetic acid (up to 5%). Samples wer... Read More about Modifying Robusta coffee aroma by green bean chemical pre-treatment.

The role of phenolic compounds in olive oil aroma release (2018)
Journal Article
Genovese, A., Yang, N., Linforth, R. S., Sacchi, R., & Fisk, I. D. (2018). The role of phenolic compounds in olive oil aroma release. Food Research International, 112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2018.06.054

In this study, atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation-mass spectrometry (APCI-MS) was successfully applied to understand the effect of phenolic compounds on the release of olive oil aroma compounds. Eight aroma compounds were monitored under in-viv... Read More about The role of phenolic compounds in olive oil aroma release.

Characterization of volatile aroma compounds after in-vial cooking of foxtail millet porridge with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Yang, N., Fray, R. G., Fisk, I., Liu, C., Li, H., & Han, Y. (in press). Characterization of volatile aroma compounds after in-vial cooking of foxtail millet porridge with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Cereal Science, 82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2018.05.003

Foxtail millet has become popular over recent years for its nutritional value and ecological functions. The aroma of foxtail millet is not well characterized, which is critical for its eating quality and understanding the biochemistry and genetics of... Read More about Characterization of volatile aroma compounds after in-vial cooking of foxtail millet porridge with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Common roasting defects in coffee: aroma composition, sensory characterization and consumer perception (2018)
Journal Article
Giacalone, D., Kreuzfeldt Degn, T., Yang, N., Liu, C., Fisk, I. D., & Munchow, M. (2019). Common roasting defects in coffee: aroma composition, sensory characterization and consumer perception. Food Quality and Preference, 71, 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.03.009

The demand for high quality and specialty coffee is increasing worldwide.In order to meet these demands, a more uniform and standardized quality assessment of coffee is essential. The aim of this study was to make a sensory scientific and chemical ch... Read More about Common roasting defects in coffee: aroma composition, sensory characterization and consumer perception.

Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening (2016)
Journal Article
Uluisik, S., Chapman, N. H., Smith, R., Poole, M., Adams, G., Gillis, R. B., …Seymour, G. B. (2016). Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening. Nature Biotechnology, 34, 950-952. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3602

Controlling the rate of softening to extend shelf life was a key target for researchers engineering genetically modified (GM) tomatoes in the 1990s, but only modest improvements were achieved. Hybrids grown nowadays contain 'non-ripening mutations' t... Read More about Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening.

Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, N., Liu, C., Liu, X., Kreuzfeldt Degn, T., Munchow, M., & Fisk, I. D. (2016). Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects. Food Chemistry, 211, 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.04.124

Coffee beans from the same origin were roasted using six time-temperature profiles, in order to identify volatile aroma compounds associated with five common roast coffee defects (light, scorched, dark, baked and underdeveloped). Thirty-seven volat... Read More about Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects.

Controlling salt and aroma perception through the inclusion of air fillers (2015)
Journal Article
Chiu, N., Hewson, L., Yang, N., Linforth, R., & Fisk, I. D. (2015). Controlling salt and aroma perception through the inclusion of air fillers. LWT - Food Science and Technology, 63(1), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2015.03.098

© 2015 The Authors. Global dietary sodium consumption significantly exceeds the WHO recommended intake levels, although strategies are available for sodium reduction, most are partial product-specific solutions. A wider range of approaches is urgentl... Read More about Controlling salt and aroma perception through the inclusion of air fillers.

Impact of flavour solvent (propylene glycol or triacetin) on vanillin, 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural, 2,4-decadienal, 2,4-heptadienal, structural parameters and sensory perception of shortcake biscuits over accelerated shelf life testing (2013)
Journal Article
Yang, N., Hort, J., Linforth, R., Brown, K., Walsh, S., & Fisk, I. D. (2013). Impact of flavour solvent (propylene glycol or triacetin) on vanillin, 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural, 2,4-decadienal, 2,4-heptadienal, structural parameters and sensory perception of shortcake biscuits over accelerated shelf life testing. Food Chemistry, 141(2), 1354-1360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.03.084

The influence of choice of flavour solvent, propylene glycol (PG) or triacetin (TA), was investigated during accelerated shelf life (ASL) testing of shortcake biscuits. Specifically, the differential effect on the stability of added vanillin, the nat... Read More about Impact of flavour solvent (propylene glycol or triacetin) on vanillin, 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural, 2,4-decadienal, 2,4-heptadienal, structural parameters and sensory perception of shortcake biscuits over accelerated shelf life testing.

Impact of flavour solvent on biscuit micro-structure as measured by X-ray micro-computed tomography and the distribution of vanillin and HMF (HPLC) (2012)
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Yang, N., Fisk, I. D., Linforth, R. S., Brown, K., Walsh, S., Mooney, S. J., …Hort, J. (2012). Impact of flavour solvent on biscuit micro-structure as measured by X-ray micro-computed tomography and the distribution of vanillin and HMF (HPLC). European Food Research and Technology, 235(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-012-1837-1

The influence of flavour solvent, propylene glycol (PG) and triacetin (TA), was investigated on the micro-structure (as measured by X-ray micro-Computed Tomography, X-ray μCT) and aroma compound distribution (as measured by HPLC) within shortcake bis... Read More about Impact of flavour solvent on biscuit micro-structure as measured by X-ray micro-computed tomography and the distribution of vanillin and HMF (HPLC).