Thus, the present invention relates to a method for determining the organoleptic quality of a microalgal flour composition, comprising determining the total content of 13 volatile organic compounds, the 13 volatile organic compounds being heptanal, 3-octen-2-one, 2,4-heptadienal, 3,5-octadien-2-one, 2,4-nonadienal, 2,4-decadienal, hexanoic acid, 2-ethylhexanoic acid, heptanoic acid, myristate-1, laurate-1, myristate-2 and geranyl acetone.
