. The effect on the presence and amount of the volatile compounds of the strawberry flavours in the vapour phase was studied and discussed as a function of the candies formulation; the products were partly differentiated, in agreement also with the sensory analysis. The innovative e-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 products porphyrines and GNP showed lower and different performances in the discrimination ability.