FLAVOUR GENERATION DURING MICROWAVE HEATING

摘要

A process for generating flavours during the microwave heating of food comprising preparing a suspension in oil of a powder comprising one or more compounds having carbonyl and amino groups capable of undergoing a Maillard reaction and/or a caramelisation reaction, the powder having a water activity in the range 0.25 to 0.8, and heating the suspension of powder in oil in a microwave oven for a time sufficient to generate the flavours.