abstract
Coffee quality is highly dependent on geographical factors. Based on the chemical characterization of 25 coffee samples from worldwide provenances and same roasting degree, Discriminant Analysis (DA) was employed to develop models that are able to identify the continental or country (Brazil) provenance of blind coffee samples. These models are based on coffee composition, particularly on several key compounds either with or without significant impact on aroma, such as 2,3-butanedione, 2,3-pentanedione, 2-methylbutanal and 2-ethyl-6-methylpyrazine. All models were validated with new and independent data from literature, and also through cross validation and permutation tests. Furthermore, the robustness of the proposed models in case of incomplete characterization data was also tested, being concluded that missing data is supportable by the models. In the whole, this article provides compelling arguments for the development of DA-based tools with the purpose of controlling the quality of coffee in terms of their continental and/or national origins. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
keywords
CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS-SPECTROMETRY; ARABICA COFFEE; HEADSPACE; AROMA; DIFFERENTIATION; FINGERPRINT; PROFILES; ODORANTS; BEVERAGE; IMPACT
subject category
Food Science & Technology
authors
de Toledo, PRAB; de Melo, MMR; Pezza, HR; Toci, AT; Pezza, L; Silva, CM
our authors
Carlos Manuel Silva
Associate Professor
Marcelo Morais Rodrigues de Melo
Post-Doc Fellowshipacknowledgements
The authors thank the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) for financial support. This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 (FCT Ref. UID/CTM/50011/2013), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.