“…Thus, the market for vegetarian and vegan substitution products is growing . To fulfill the request of the consumers for vegetarian and vegan foods, so-called process flavors are used to deliver the attractive flavor profile of thermally treated chicken, beef, and pork, respectively, without using any animal-derived ingredients. , The International Organization of the Flavor Industry (IOFI) defines process flavors as a thermal process flavoring prepared for its flavoring properties by heating food ingredients and/or ingredients permitted for use in foodstuffs or in process flavorings. , In process flavor manufacturing, precursors like amino acids, reducing sugars, thiamine, ribonucleotides, phospholipids, yeast extracts, and hydrolyzed vegetable protein, respectively, are thermally treated under controlled conditions (temperature, reaction time, pH) . The Maillard reaction between reducing carbohydrates and amino components like amino acids and peptides, the formation of Strecker aldehydes and acids from amino acids, and the formation of meaty odorants from thiamine are considered the most important reactions leading to the generation of process flavors. , …”