The goal of this review was to offer a brief presentation
of what is known about natural aroma compounds,
Summary
Over the past few years, the increasing demand for natural products in the food industry
has encouraged remarkable efforts towards the development of biotechnological
processes for the production of flavour compounds.
The present paper reviews the recent
major achievements reported in this field, with a special emphasis on the potential lying in
plant cell, microbial cultures and enzyme technology for the production of a wide range of
flavours. The use of solid-state fermentation as a means to improve economical feasibility
of these processes is also considered.