Using Science and Technology to Unveil The Hidden Delicacy Terfezia arenaria, a Desert Truffle.

ABSTRACT: Terfezia arenaria is a desert truffle native to the Mediterranean Basin region, highly appreciated for its nutritional and aromatic properties. Despite the increasing interest in this desert truffle, T. arenaria is not listed as an edible truffle authorized for trade in the European Union. Therefore, our objective was to showcase T. arenaria's nutritional and chemical composition and volatile profile. The nutritional analysis showed that T. arenaria is a good source of carbohydrates (67%), proteins (14%), and dietary fibre (10%), resulting in a Nutri-Score A. The truffle's volatile profile was dominated by eight-carbon volatile compounds, with 1-octen-3-ol being the most abundant (64%), and 29 compounds were reported for the first time for T. arenaria.

SUBMITTER: Ferreira I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10572273 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature