By using GC-MS,different aroma patterns of the pure NS and NIS flavouring were obtained. The effect on the presence and amount of the volatile compound of the strawberry flavours in the vapour phase was studied and didcussed as afunction of the candies formulation; the product were partly differentiated, in agreement also with the sensory analysis. the innovative r- nose instrument has differentiated candies based on flavour origin and concentration for both gelatine and gum arabic independently on the sensor array type; for the pectin - based product porphyrines and GNP showed lower and different performance in the discrimination ability