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Chocolate flavors vary depending on the origin of the cocoa beans used. Differences in soil, microorganisms, and environmental factors contribute to the formation of flavor precursors in cocoa beans. During cocoa bean fermentation, environmental temperature has been shown to alter metabolite concentrations. However, the correlation between the metabolite profile of cocoa beans and the temperature of their region of origin has not been fully defined. In this study, the metabolite profiles of Indonesian cocoa beans of various origins were evaluated using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry-based analysis, and were found to differ depending on the origin of the bean. Subsequently, the correlation between metabolite profile and environmental temperature of the origin was assessed using orthogonal projection to latent structure regression (OPLS-R) analysis. The analysis revealed that seven metabolites were associated with temperature: γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), ethanolamine, glycerol, isocitric acid + citric acid, succinic acid, malic acid, and saccharic acid. The findings of this study will be valuable to chocolate industries for the production of single-origin chocolates.
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