{"title":"Integrated sensory, volatilomic and metabolomic profiling reveals storage-stage-associated quality evolution of raw Pu-erh tea","authors":"Zhichao Lin, Jing Zhang, Yajie Xue, Lianqing Wang, Feng Yang, Jinwen Gao, Jianan Huang, Zhonghua Liu, Chao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151591","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151591","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During long-term storage, raw Pu-erh tea (RAPT) undergoes substantial sensory and chemical changes. However, the integrated contributions of sensory attributes and metabolites to this process are not well understood. This study applied an integrated multi-omics approach to examine its quality evolution across storage stages. Sensory evaluation indicated a notable shift in aroma profile, from initial floral and fruity notes to matured characteristics dominated by woody, stale, and herbal scents. Metabolomic analysis showed that during storage, total polyphenols (TPs), catechins, theanine, and free amino acids (FAA) decomposed, while total flavonoids accumulated. Additionally, 332 metabolites were identified as potential markers for distinguishing aging/aged RAPT. Eight key aroma markers of the aging process were identified using volatilomics, including 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene, linalool oxide-related isomers and cedrol. Collectively, this study advances our understanding of the chemical and sensory evolution of RAPT during storage and provides a foundation for optimizing storage strategies to control product quality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"532 ","pages":"Article 151591"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-12DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151503
Yating Cheng, Hang Yu, Longxiang Wang, Guangshuang Tu, Shah Meer Muhammad, Xiaoyuan Gong, Xinyu Lei, Jiarui Dong, Xia Fan, Shuai Wang
{"title":"Comparative antifungal activity of three essential oils against mycotoxigenic fusarium graminearum and multi-omics analysis","authors":"Yating Cheng, Hang Yu, Longxiang Wang, Guangshuang Tu, Shah Meer Muhammad, Xiaoyuan Gong, Xinyu Lei, Jiarui Dong, Xia Fan, Shuai Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151503","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151503","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to identify eco-friendly essential oils (EOs) with dual antifungal and anti-mycotoxigenic activity against <em>Fusarium graminearum</em>, a destructive cereal pathogen associated with yield loss and deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination, compare their bioactivity and elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Among the seven tested EOs, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and citral were the most effective, markedly inhibiting mycelial growth, conidial germination, and DON production. These EOs showed greater inhibitory activity than sodium diacetate (SDA), which upregulated key <em>TRI</em> genes. Multi-omics analyses revealed that the tested EOs induced cell wall and membrane damage, mitochondrial dysfunction and perturbations in critical metabolic pathways, including terpenoid biosynthesis and energy metabolism. Wheat seedling assays further demonstrated that carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and their synergistic combinations substantially reduced crown rot and DON accumulation, whereas SDA exacerbated the disease. These findings identify promising EO candidates and provide a robust scientific basis for developing EO-based sustainable biocontrol strategies against <em>F. graminearum</em> in wheat.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"532 ","pages":"Article 151503"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-11DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151395
Zixin Liu, Tian Xia, Can Peng, Liwei Xu, Xiaokang Lv, Man Ren, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhiliang Tan
{"title":"Oleanolic acid enhances milk fat synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells via antioxidant-lipid metabolism crosstalk: A natural strategy for improving dairy product quality.","authors":"Zixin Liu, Tian Xia, Can Peng, Liwei Xu, Xiaokang Lv, Man Ren, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhiliang Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151395","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the effects of rosemary-derived compounds on milk fat synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs). Using a combination of multi-omics technologies, we evaluated the lipogenic potential of key bioactive constituents, including rosmarinic acid (RA), oleanolic acid (OA), ursolic acid, thymol, and carvacrol. Our findings reveal that OA significantly enhances lipid droplet accumulation and triglyceride synthesis in BMECs, alongside improving antioxidant defenses. Lipidomics analysis identified OA-induced alterations in lipid composition, with marked increases in triglycerides and phospholipids. Transcriptomic profiling highlighted key regulatory pathways such as PPAR signaling and triglyceride homeostasis. OA also upregulated the expression of lipid metabolism-related genes (OLR1, INHBE, and SESN2), suggesting its potential as a natural strategy to promote milk fat synthesis. These results provide a scientific foundation for utilizing rosemary-derived compounds in dairy nutrition.</p>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"532 Pt 2","pages":"151395"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149260063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151392
Monika Beszterda-Buszczak, Magdalena Frańska
{"title":"Comment on \"Qualitative non-targeted screening by high resolution mass spectrometry of chemicals transference from plastic food contact materials after cooking\".","authors":"Monika Beszterda-Buszczak, Magdalena Frańska","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently Bartolomé et al. have published a very interesting paper concerning the transference of various chemicals from plastic food contact materials to the food, after cooking. The authors have analyzed both intentionally and non-intentionally added substances. The results obtained by Bartolomé et al. bring significant elements of scientific innovation in the field of human exposure to chemicals transference through ingestion of foods that are cooked in their plastic packaging. The issues which are disputable in the paper by Bartolomé et al. concern the identification of two polyethylene glycol homologues and a polypropylene glycol homologue, as well as the tentative identification of some compounds by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, as discussed in details in this comment.</p>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"532 Pt 1","pages":"151392"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149163357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-07DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151504
Lulu Zhou, Yiping Yun, Xiaofan Zhang, Jingwen Yang, Zhenqi Jiang, Tingting Yan, Mei Wang, Ming Liu
{"title":"Engineering covalent organic frameworks for tailored encapsulation and controlled release of fragrances.","authors":"Lulu Zhou, Yiping Yun, Xiaofan Zhang, Jingwen Yang, Zhenqi Jiang, Tingting Yan, Mei Wang, Ming Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The inherent volatility of fragrances leads to rapid fading, poor stability, low availability, potential health, and environmental issues, necessitating the development of effective fragrance carriers for stable storage and controllable release. Herein, we presented a strategy for finely tuning the encapsulation and release profiles of fragrant molecules through engineering the pore surface properties of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Three imine-based COFs with variable functional groups (TAPB-DHTP-COF, TAPB-DMTP-COF, and TAPB-DVA-COF) were rationally designed and constructed via solvent evaporation method, which exhibited stable crystallinity, uniform morphology, and tunable surface areas (152-1056 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>-1</sup>), and pore sizes (2.3-3.9 nm). Notably, the polar COFs demonstrated significantly higher loading capacities for polar aldehyde-type fragrances (anisaldehyde, Ani; and citral, Cit) compared to nonpolar terpene-type (limonene, Lim). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that the superior adsorption of polar fragrances into the COFs was governed by strong hydrogen bond interactions, with adsorption energies of -1.16 eV (Ani) and -1.17 eV (Cit) versus -0.37 eV (Lim). All fragrance-loaded COFs exhibited sustained release profiles over 48 h, in stark contrast to the rapid release of free fragrances. Importantly, the release rate was tunable by modulating host-guest interactions, stronger hydrogen bonding led to more prolonged release. This pioneering research established COFs as a heavy metal-free, designable platform for the encapsulation and controllable release of volatile fragrances, showcasing promising applications in cosmetics and personal care industries.</p>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"532 Pt 1","pages":"151504"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149178491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-08-21DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150737
Aref Erfani, Mir Khalil Pirouzifard, Sajad Pirsa
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Photochromic biodegradable film based on polyvinyl alcohol modified with silver chloride nanoparticles and spirulina; investigation of physicochemical, antimicrobial and optical properties\" [Food Chem. 411 (2023) 135459].","authors":"Aref Erfani, Mir Khalil Pirouzifard, Sajad Pirsa","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150737","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150737","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"150737"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148786441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Investigating the causes of yolk mudding during storage of salted eggs: Water migration accelerates protein and lipid oxidation\" [Food Chem. 481 (2025) 144112].","authors":"Jiyu Zhang, Songyi Lin, Sichen Lu, Xunze Yuan, Yue Tang, Zhijie Bao","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150738","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"150738"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148786501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-07-31DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150630
Qing Guo, Min Zhang, Bhesh Bhandari, Qi Yu, Luming Rui
{"title":"Ultrasound/electrostatic field combined with ε-polylysine for improving the quality of ready-to-eat pork jelly and freshness classification based on convolutional neural network.","authors":"Qing Guo, Min Zhang, Bhesh Bhandari, Qi Yu, Luming Rui","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the effects of ultrasound (US, 300 W, 20 kHz, 20 min) and electrostatic field (EF, 3.5 kV/cm, 60 min) combined with ε-polylysine (PL, 0.5%, w/w) on the quality of ready-to-eat pork jelly (Shuijingyaorou, SJYR) during 40-day storage at 4 °C. Physicochemical properties such as lipid oxidation, total plate count, texture, flavor, and moisture distribution were evaluated. The results showed that the combined treatment (US + EF + ε-polylysine) exhibited the strongest preservation effect for SJYR, significantly inhibiting lipid oxidation, protein degradation, pH increase, and microbial growth, meanwhile maintaining texture and flavor of SJYR, resulting in the shelf-life extended approximately 10 days compared with the blank control group. Furthermore, four convolutional neural network (CNN) models including Xception, ResNet-50, MobileNet, and GhostNet were developed for SJYR freshness classification. Xception model achieved the highest test accuracy (83.05% mean precision), while GhostNet model showed promising accuracy (77.48%) with lower computational cost, making it suitable for mobile applications. This study provides a feasible strategy for improving SJYR shelf-life and rapid freshness identification.</p>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"525 Pt 3","pages":"150630"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148700339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ChemistryPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-08-31DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150767
Gesiane da S Lima, Lanaia I L Maciel, Tamara Lenz, Hugo G Machado, Nerilson M Lima, Jorge L S Simão, Vanessa G P Severino, Michael Rychlik, Boniek Gontijo, Stefan A Pieczonka, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Metabolomic profile of edible Amazonian Arecaceae fruits by FT-ICR-MS: Insights into chemical, nutritional and antioxidant profiles\" [Food Chem. 525 (2026) 150319].","authors":"Gesiane da S Lima, Lanaia I L Maciel, Tamara Lenz, Hugo G Machado, Nerilson M Lima, Jorge L S Simão, Vanessa G P Severino, Michael Rychlik, Boniek Gontijo, Stefan A Pieczonka, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.150767","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"150767"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148862875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}