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Abstract

A traditional dairy product from northern Colombia is suero costeño (SC), typically handmade through artisanal processes involving the natural fermentation of raw cow’s milk (RM); it is characterized by a creamy texture and a distinctive sensory profile, with a sour/salty taste and rancid odor. This study aimed to determine the chemical identity (using GC-FID/MSD) of SC and RM samples (from eight locations in the department of Córdoba-Colombia) by analyzing volatile components (trapped by HS-SPME and SDE) and fatty acid content. Consequently, the most notable results were as follows: (a) myristic (7–12%), stearic (12–17%), oleic (13–23%), and palmitic (21–29%) acids were the most abundant constituents [without significant differences among them (p > 0.05)] in both RM and SC fats; these were also expressed as polyunsaturated (2–5%), monounsaturated (26–36%), saturated (59–69%), omega-9 (19–30%), omega-6 (0.5–1.6%), and omega-3 (0.2–1.2%) fatty acids; (b) differences in the composition (p < 0.05) of the volatile fractions were distinguished between RM and SC samples; likewise, the SC samples differed (from each other) in their volatile composition due to the preparation processes applied (processes with raw milk and natural fermentation had less variability); nonetheless, it was possible to determine the volatilome for the artisanal product; and (c) the major components responsible for the chemical identity of SC were ethyl esters (of linear saturated and unsaturated acids, short/medium chains), aliphatic alcohols (linear/branched, short/long chains), aliphatic aldehydes (long chains, >C14), alkyl methyl ketones (long chains, >C11), sesquiterpenes (caryophyllane/humulane types), monoterpenes (mono/bi-cyclics), short-chain fatty acids, and aromatic alcohol/acid, among others.

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Title
Chemical Profiles of the Volatilome and Fatty Acids of “Suero Costeño” (Fermented Cream)/Raw Milk from Colombia: Promising Criteria for the Autochthonous-Regional Product Identity Designation
Author
Muñoz-Acevedo Amner 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Castillo, Osnaider J 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gutiérrez-Castañeda, Clara 2 ; Simanca-Sotelo Mónica 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Álvarez-Badel, Beatriz 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Alba, Durango-Villadiego 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Arteaga-Márquez, Margarita 3 ; De, Paula Claudia 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pastrana-Puche Yenis 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Andrade-Pizarro, Ricardo 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Burbano-Caicedo Ilba 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Godoy Rubén 3 

 Department of Chemistry and Biology, Universidad del Norte, Puerto Colombia 081007, Colombia; [email protected] 
 Department of Microbiology, Universidad Libre, Barranquilla 081007, Colombia; [email protected] (C.G.-C.); [email protected] (I.B.-C.) 
 Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Universidad de Córdoba, Montería 230002, Colombia; [email protected] (M.S.-S.); [email protected] (B.Á.-B.); [email protected] (A.D.-V.); [email protected] (M.A.-M.); [email protected] (C.D.P.); [email protected] (Y.P.-P.); [email protected] (R.A.-P.); [email protected] (R.G.) 
First page
2524
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
14203049
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3223927471
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.