Effect of high-pressure treatment on taste and metabolite profiles of ducks with two different vinasse-curing processes.

The effect of high-pressure (HP) (0.1, 150 and 300MPa, 15min) on taste profiles of vinasse-cured ducks was investigated; the metabolite profiles were determined using 1H NMR. HP at 150MPa increased the taste intensity of products compared with the controls, while HP at 300MPa did not further improve their taste compared with 150MPa treated samples. The metabonome of vinasse-cured ducks was dominated by 27 metabolites. HP increased amino acids, glucose, alkaloids and organic acids, but decreased inosine monophosphate and its derivatives, compared with the controls. The increments of metabolites in vinasse-dry-cured duck were higher than those in vinasse-wet-cured duck. The change of metabolites could be related to the enzyme activity, the degradations of proteins, sugars and nucleotides, and the permeation from vinasse-curing agents to duck meat. These findings suggest that 150MPa treatment was effective to improve the taste of vinasse-cured duck.