Effects of adding L-cysteine on the accumulation of the main compounds and their new analogs in roasting Coffea arabica beans.

Hazardous substances such as acrylamide (AA) are easily produced by the Maillard reaction during coffee roasting. By adding L-cysteine (L-Cys), the production of AA was inhibited whereas the profiles of the newly formed compounds remain unclear. To e…

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