http://orgprints.org/9734/ Aroma-active secondary oxidation products of butter Mallia, Silvia Escher, Felix Rehberger, Brita Schlichtherle-Cerny, Hedwig Food security, food quality and human health Processing, packaging and transportation Butter contains vitamins, minerals and unsaturated lipids, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs). However the oxidative stability and consequently the shelf-life of milk products are inversely correlated with their PUFA and CLA content. The objective of this study is the evaluation of the oxidative stability and sensory quality of PUFA/CLA-enriched butter versus conventional butter, with both types of butter being produced at ALP. For this purpose, new chemical and sensory-based methods will be developed, as well holistic complementary methods. This paper focuses on a preliminary study achieved using conventional butter, subjected to a long storage and to oxygen and light exposure, to develop a gas chromatography olfactometry (GC-O) method able to detect the aroma-active compounds originated from oxidation. This will be one of the methods used for the evaluation of the oxidative stability of PUFA/CLA-enriched butter. 2007 Conference paper, poster, etc. NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://orgprints.org/9734/1/mallia-etal-2007-butter.pdf Mallia, Silvia; Escher, Felix; Rehberger, Brita and Schlichtherle-Cerny, Hedwig (2007) Aroma-active secondary oxidation products of butter. 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007. http://orgprints.org/9734/http://orgprints.org/9734/1/