Table 6. Aromatic profile of Ricotta after 1 (T1) and 5 (T5) d of ripening obtained from ewes fed a standard diet (CTRL) and ewes fed red grape pomace dietary supplementation (GP+)

Ricotta T1 Ricotta T5
CTRL GP+ p-vaule CTRL GP+ p-vaule
Hexanal 24.71±7.37 27.23±2.85 ns 32.19±4.88 22.92±1.70 *
2-Heptanon 1.06±0.60 1.43±0.16 ns 0.77±0.32 0.92±0.05 ns
Heptanal 5.98±1.53 8.47±0.92 ns 8.56±0.75 9.06±3.11 ns
Octanal 3.49±0.88 3.75±0.37 ns 3.61±0.35 3.68±0.60 ns
2-Nonenal 12.00±12.12 3.13±0.83 ns 3.69±0.23 3.12±0.40 ns
2-Nonanone 2.66±0.83 2.22±0.51 ns 2.61±0.81 2.35±0.26 ns
Nonanal 13.96±2.75 8.95±0.77 * 12.56±1.12 11.91±2.18 ns
Octanoic acid 17.54±2.49 26.27±3.41 * 19.26±1.99 22.87±3.49 ns
Nonanoic acid 18.60±4.16 18.54±2.74 ns 16.75±2.86 23.18±3.43 ns
Data are reported as mean percentage of (VOCs)±SD.
p<0.05.
ns, not significant.