Abstract: Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is a recent sampling technique bearing such advantages as simple, fast, solvent-free and inexpensive to carry out. Moreover SPME has been interfaced to GC and other analytical instruments and possesses agood potential for method automation. SPME provides a complementary or even superior alterative method for the preconcentrationof flavor components from food matrix. In this paper, the technical characteristics of SPME was introduced, its applicationspecially in food flavor analysis was reviewed and further prospected.

Key words: solid phase microextractio, food flavo, flavor analysi, sample pretreatment