Improvement of fish flavor by the feed supplemented with sake lees
摘要
Chub mackerel were fed on the commercial feed supplemented with sake lees (S-feed) in Fukui and Yamaguchi prefectures to improve the flavor of cultured fish. The changes in volatile compounds of chub mackerel muscle fed on the S-feed were investigated by a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC/MS) with headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and an electronic nose system. Headspace SPME-GC/MS analysis revealed that limonene and esters derived from sake lees accumulated in the chub mackerel muscle fed on the S-feed. Principal component analysis using data obtained from the electronic nose analysis showed that the flavors from chub mackerel muscle of the S-feed groups of Fukui and Yamaguchi prefectures differed from those of the control groups, while those of the S-feed groups were approximately the same in both prefectures. To evaluate the effect of S-feed on fish meat flavor in other species, black scraper and ayu sweetfish were investigated. Several esters and/or limonene accumulated in both species fed on the S-feed, and their flavors differed from those of the control group. These results indicate that limonene and esters contribute to the reduction of fishy flavor of the fish fed on the S-feed.