Maillard reaction

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the food-chemistry subtree

Non-enzymatic condensation of reducing sugar carbonyl with amine (amino acid, protein), followed by Amadori rearrangement and degradation into melanoidins. Source of brown colour, roasted aroma, and acrylamide (asparagine + reducing sugar…

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