This research aimed to understand
functionality and aromatic compound
differences of yellow pea (YP) flours as affected by seven YP cultivars.
All of the grains were ultracentrifugally milled to superfine flours
with a particle size range of 7–58 μm. The ash, crude
protein, lipid, and total starch contents of these flours were in
the ranges of 2.21–3.10%, 22.50–28.69%, 0.99–3.43%,
and 43.62–49.60%, respectively. Most of the flours were good
natural sources of Mg, P, K, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Se. The pasting properties,
including peak viscosity, breakdown, and final viscosity, of the YP
flours varied among seven cultivars. Headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with untargeted metabolomic
approaches differentiated the aromatic profile of YP flours from the
cultivars via 17 representative aromatic components with various levels
of intensity. This study indicated that YP cultivars had an essential
impact on physicochemical properties and aromatic profile of the flour.