“…Nevertheless, Rerkrai et al (1987) reported a general increase in aldehyde content during storage of UHT milk and they attributed this behavior to oxygen availability and storage temperature. Aliphatic hydrocarbons have been observed in ultrapasteurized milk (i.e., heat treatment higher than pasteurization but lower than UHT process) (Solano-Lo´pez et al, 2006), pasteurized and fermented milk (Imhof & Bosset, 1994) and raw milk (Toso, Procida, & Stefanon, 2002), although the origin of these hydrocarbons is not wellunderstood. With the treatment conditions used in the present study, the following 19 hydrocarbons were detected: pentane, 2-methyl-1-pentene, hexane, 2-methylhexane, 3-methylhexane, 2,5-dimethylhexane, 2,4-dimethylhexane, 2,3-dimethylhexane, heptane, 2-methylheptane, 3-methylheptane, 4-methylheptane, 2,4-dimethylheptane, 3-methyl-2-heptene, 2,4-dimethyl-1-heptene and three different octene isomers.…”