Supplementary Data Mass spectrometry hyphenated techniques for the analysis of volatiles and peptides in soft cheese: useful tools for the shelf life optimization. Annalisa Mentana, Anna Natale, Carmen Palermo*, Donatella Nardiello, Amalia Conte Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile, Maurizio Quinto, Diego Centonze Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell’Ambiente Università degli Studi di Foggia, Via Napoli, 25 - 71122 Foggia (Italy) 8,00 CNT 7,00 MAP AC-MAP SCORE 6,00 5,00 4,00 3,00 2,00 1,00 0,00 0 5 10 15 20 25 Days at 8°C Figure S1. Overall quality of soft cream cheese samples packaged in different systems during storage at 8°C 30 5,00 CNT MAP pH 4,80 AC-MAP 4,60 4,40 4,20 4,00 0 5 10 15 20 25 Days at 8°C Figure S2. pH evolution of soft cream cheese samples packaged in different systems during storage at 8°C 30 7,00 6,00 Log cfu/g 5,00 CNT MAP 4,00 AC-MAP 3,00 2,00 1,00 0,00 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Days at 8°C Figure S3. Yeasts proliferation in soft cream cheese samples packaged in different systems during storage at 8°C 3,0E+08 A CNT 2,5E+08 FVAPFPE LEQLLRL NENLLRFF Peak Area 2,0E+08 NENLLRF KTTMPLW LNENLLRF 1,5E+08 RYLGYLEQL YLGYLEQL ERYLGYLEQL 1,0E+08 EVLNENLLRF GLPQEVL VAPFPEVF 5,0E+07 0,0E+00 0 5 10 15 20 Days at 8 C Figure S4-A. Semi-quantitative data of the most abundant peptides (signal intensity > 1.0 x 107 at least in one of the three sampling times) from αS1-casein in the CNT samples of soft cheese during the refrigerated storage at 8 °C 3,0E+08 B CNT 2,5E+08 FVAPFPEVF GYLEQLLRL QKEPMIGVNQEL Peak Area 2,0E+08 VFGKEKVNEL FVAPFPEVFGKEKVNEL FVAPFPEVFGKE 1,5E+08 SDIPNPIGSENSE VAPFPEVFGKE GYLEQL 1,0E+08 NSEKTTMPLW SEKTTMPLW VLNENLLRF 5,0E+07 0,0E+00 0 5 10 15 20 Days at 8 C Figure S4-B. Semi-quantitative data of the most abundant peptides (signal intensity > 1.0 x 107 at least in one of the three sampling times) from αS1-casein in the CNT samples of soft cheese during the refrigerated storage at 8 °C 3,0E+08 A MAP 2,5E+08 FVAPFPE LEQLLRL Peak Area 2,0E+08 NENLLRFF NENLLRF KTTMPLW 1,5E+08 LNENLLRF RYLGYLEQL YLGYLEQL 1,0E+08 ERYLGYLEQL EVLNENLLRF GLPQEVL VAPFPEVF 5,0E+07 0,0E+00 0 5 10 15 20 Days at 8 C Figure S5-A. Semi-quantitative data of the most abundant peptides (signal intensity > 1.0 x 107 at least in one of the five sampling times) from αS1casein in the MAP samples of soft cheese during the refrigerated storage at 8 °C. 3,0E+08 B MAP 2,5E+08 FVAPFPEVF Peak Area 2,0E+08 GYLEQLLRL QKEPMIGVNQEL VFGKEKVNEL 1,5E+08 FVAPFPEVFGKEKVNEL FVAPFPEVFGKE SDIPNPIGSENSE 1,0E+08 VAPFPEVFGKE GYLEQL NSEKTTMPLW 5,0E+07 SEKTTMPLW VLNENLLRF 0,0E+00 0 5 10 15 20 Days at 8 C Figure S5-B. Semi-quantitative data of the most abundant peptides (signal intensity > 1.0 x 107 at least in one of the five sampling times) from αS1casein in the MAP samples of soft cheese during the refrigerated storage at 8 °C 3,0E+08 A AC-MAP 2,5E+08 FVAPFPE LEQLLRL NENLLRFF Peak Area 2,0E+08 NENLLRF KTTMPLW LNENLLRF 1,5E+08 RYLGYLEQL YLGYLEQL ERYLGYLEQL 1,0E+08 EVLNENLLRF GLPQEVL VAPFPEVF 5,0E+07 0,0E+00 0 5 10 15 20 Days at 8 C Figure S6-A. Semi-quantitative data of the most abundant peptides (signal intensity > 1.0 x 107 at least in one of the five sampling times) from αS1casein in the AC-MAP samples of soft cheese during the refrigerated storage at 8 °C. 3,0E+08 B AC-MAP 2,5E+08 FVAPFPEVF Peak Area 2,0E+08 GYLEQLLRL QKEPMIGVNQEL VFGKEKVNEL 1,5E+08 FVAPFPEVFGKEKVNEL FVAPFPEVFGKE SDIPNPIGSENSE 1,0E+08 VAPFPEVFGKE GYLEQL NSEKTTMPLW 5,0E+07 SEKTTMPLW VLNENLLRF 0,0E+00 0 5 10 15 20 Days at 8 C Figure S6-B. Semi-quantitative data of the most abundant peptides (signal intensity > 1.0 x 107 at least in one of the five sampling times) from αS1casein in the AC-MAP samples of soft cheese during the refrigerated storage at 8 °C Table S1. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) isolated from soft cream cheese stored in three different types of packaging (Control, MAP and AcMAP) at racking and at the time corresponding to 2, 8, 13, 27 and 34 days (only for Ac-MAP) of ripening. nd: not detected; (*): Low peak area ; (**): Medium peak area; (***): High peak area Acids Alcohols Ketons and Lactones Aldehydes Esters Hydrocarbons Compounds Tr Control T0 Control T2 MAP T2 MAP T8 MAP T13 MAP T20 MAP T27 Acetic acid 15,1 *** *** Control T8 Control T13 Control T20 Control T27 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** AC-MAP T2 AC-MAP T8 AC-MAP T13 AC-MAP T20 AC-MAP T27 AC-MAP T34 *** *** *** *** *** *** Butanoic acid 17,7 *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** Butanoic acid, 3-methyl 18,3 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd nd nd Hexanoic acid 20,8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ** *** *** *** *** *** ** Octanoi acid 23,6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Nonanoic acid 24,8 ** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** N-Decanoic acid 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Dodecanoic acid 28,4 nd nd *** ** ** ** nd ** *** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** nd 1-Butanol 9,5 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 1-Butanol, 3-methyl 10,6 nd nd nd nd *** *** nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd 2-Heptanol 12,5 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 1-Hexanol 13,2 nd nd nd nd ** *** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2-nonanol 15,9 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 1-Octanol 16,5 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2-Heptanone 10,3 nd nd ** ** *** *** nd ** ** ** nd nd nd ** ** nd nd 2-Butanone, 3-hydroxy 12,3 *** *** *** *** *** ** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 2-Nonanone 13,8 ** ** ** ** *** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 8-Nonen-2-one 14,9 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 2-Undecanone 17,2 ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Butyrolactone 18,2 ** ** nd ** ** ** nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** ** 2-Tridecanone 20,3 ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * * δ-Octalactone 22,9 ** ** ** ** ** nd ** ** ** ** nd ** ** ** ** ** ** δ-Decalactone 25,6 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** ** δ-Tridecalactone 28,2 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Benzaldehyde 16,4 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Tetradecanal 24,6 nd nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** ** Hexanoic acid, ethyl ester 11,2 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Octanoic acid, ethyl ester 14,6 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd * nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Decanoic acid, ethyl ester 17,8 nd nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Triacetin 23,7 nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd Undecane 8,4 nd ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *** *** ** ** ** *** *** *** ** Dodecane 10,2 nd *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ** *** *** *** *** *** Tridecane 12,2 nd ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *** *** ** ** ** ** *** nd ** Cyclotetradecane 27,2 nd nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** nd nd nd nd ** nd Terpenes D-limonene 10,5 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd ** Aromatics Oxime-, methoxy-phenyl- 19,2 *** *** ** *** *** *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** ** ** ** nd Benzyl alcohol 21,4 nd nd nd nd ** ** nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd Phenylethyl Alcohol 21,8 nd nd ** ** ** ** nd nd ** * ** nd nd nd nd nd nd Phenol 23 * ** ** ** ** ** ** * * ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** Dimethyl sulfone 22 * ** * * * ** * * * * ** * * * nd nd * Sulphur compound