| LAB | Lactic Acid Bacteria |
| VOCs | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| HS-SPME/GC-MS | Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction/Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry |
| NSLAB | Non-Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria |
| CFU/g | Colony-Forming Units per gram |
| TIC | Total Ion Chromatogram |
| AU | Arbitrary Units |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |