cold storage.
The pineapple note in standard
strawberries comes from the presence of ethyl
esters. Some sulfur compounds and a complex
caramel-like oxygen-containing ring, furaneol
(also characteristic of pineapple), round out
strawberry aroma. The smaller European
woodland strawberries have a flavor of
Concord grapes thanks to anthranilates, and a
clove-like spicy note (from the phenolic
eugenol). Strawberries are rich in ascorbic
acid and in phenolic antioxidants, including
its red anthocyanin pigments. They are poor in
pectic materials, so strawberry preserves are
often supplemented with prepared pectin or
pectin-rich fruits.
The Domestication of the Strawberry Most of
the strawberries grown today derive from two
American species which were brought
together and hybridized less than 300 years
ago — and in Europe, not in the Americas!