scholarly journals Advances in Wine Fermentation

Fermentation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Sergi Maicas
Keyword(s):  
Fermentation Process ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Grape Juice ◽  
Natural Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Central Metabolism ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Technological Characteristics ◽  
Standard Quality

Fermentation is a well-known natural process that has been used by humanity for thousands of years, with the fundamental purpose of making alcoholic beverages such as wine, and also other non-alcoholic products. From a strictly biochemical point of view, fermentation is a process of central metabolism in which an organism converts a carbohydrate, such as starch or sugar, into an alcohol or an acid. The fermentation process turns grape juice (must) into wine. This is a complex chemical reaction whereby the yeast interacts with the sugars (glucose and fructose) in the must to create ethanol and carbon dioxide. Fermentation processes to produce wines are traditionally carried out with Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, the most common and commercially available yeast, and some lactic acid bacteria. They are well-known for their fermentative behavior and technological characteristics, which allow obtaining products of uniform and standard quality. However, fermentation is influenced by other factors as well. The initial sugar content of the must and the fermentation temperature are also crucial to preserve volatile aromatics in the wine and retain fruity characters. Finally, once fermentation is completed, and most of the yeast dies, wine evolution continues until the production of the final product.

Ethnoarchaeological Study of Brewing Technology in Wallaga Region of Western Oromia, Ethiopia

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bula Sirika Wayessa ◽  
Diane Lyons ◽  
Brian Kooyman
Keyword(s):  
Fermentation Process ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Beer Fermentation ◽  
Beer Brewing ◽  
Brewing Process ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
Interior Walls

In Wallaga, local beer (farso) is one of the most common alcoholic beverages. The beverage is prepared from cereals such as sorghum, millet, maize and barley and an additive plant known as gesho (Rhamnus prinoides). The beer is fermented in a ceramic jar known as huuroo. The brewing process causes pitting in the interior walls. Because most fermentation processes cause pitting of ceramic vessels, use alteration analysis cannot specifically identify past beer brewing practice. Ethnoarchaeological research of beer fermentation in Wallaga shows that in addition to erosion of interior walls of beer jars, the beer fermentation process results in the deposition of residues on the interior walls of the vessels. This residue from beer brewing is different from residue left by other processes because it includes ingredients not incorporated into other foods. As a result, plant microresidue analysis of archaeological ceramics can help to identify past brewing practices and major ingredients of indigenous beer.

scholarly journals The “Zero Miles Product” Concept Applied to Biofuel Production: A Case Study

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
Nikolaj Kaae Kirk ◽  
Clara Navarrete ◽  
Jakob Ellegaard Juhl ◽  
José Luis Martínez ◽  
Alessandra Procentese
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Product Concept ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Production Platform ◽  
High Sugar Content

To make biofuel production feasible from an economic point of view, several studies have investigated the main associated bottlenecks of the whole production process through approaches such as the “cradle to grave” approach or the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis, being the main constrains the feedstock collection and transport. Whilst several feedstocks are interesting because of their high sugar content, very few of them are available all year around and moreover do not require high transportation’ costs. This work aims to investigate if the “zero miles” concept could bring advantages to biofuel production by decreasing all the associated transport costs on a locally established production platform. In particular, a specific case study applied to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) campus is used as example to investigate the advantages and feasibility of using the spent coffee grounds generated at the main cafeteria for the production of bioethanol on site, which can be subsequently used to (partially) cover the campus’ energy demands.

Seven-year trends in the availability, sugar content and serve size of single-serve non-alcoholic beverages in New Zealand: 2013–2019

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Teresa Gontijo de Castro ◽  
Helen Eyles ◽  
Cliona Ni Mhurchu ◽  
Leanne Young ◽  
Sally Mackay
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Food Composition ◽  
Soft Drinks ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sweetened Beverages ◽  
Sugary Drinks ◽  
High Sugar Content

Abstract Objective: To assess trends in relative availability, sugar content and serve size of ready-to-drink non-alcoholic beverages available for sale in supermarkets from 2013 to 2019. Design: Repeat cross-sectional surveys. Data on single-serve beverages to be consumed in one sitting were obtained from an updated brand-specific food composition database. Trends in beverages availability and proportions with serve size ≤ 250 ml were assessed by χ2 tests. Sugar content trends were examined using linear regressions. The proportion of beverages exceeding the sugar threshold of the United Kingdom Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was assessed. Setting: New Zealand. Results: From 2013 to 2019, there was (i) an increase in the availability of sugar-free/low-sugar beverages (n 25 (8·4 %) to n 75 (19·1 %); P < 0·001) and craft sugar-sweetened soft drinks (n 11 (3·7 %) to n 36 (9·2 %); P < 0·001), and a decrease in availability of fruit/vegetable juices/drinks (n 94 (31·8 %) to n 75 (19·4 %); P < 0·001); (ii) small decreases in sugar content (mean g/100 ml) of sugar-sweetened soft drinks (3·03; 95 % CI 3·77, 2·29); fruit/vegetable juices/drinks (1·08; 95 % CI 2·14, 0·01) and energy drinks (0·98; 95 % CI 1·63, 0·32) and (iii) slight reduction in the proportion of beverages with serve size ≤ 250 ml (21·6 to 18·9 %; P < 0·001). In 2019, most beverages were sugar-sweetened or had naturally occurring sugars (79·1 %) and serve size > 250 ml (81·1 %) and most sugar-sweetened beverages exceeded the SDIL lower benchmark (72·9 %). Conclusions: Most single-serve beverages available for sale in 2019 were sugary drinks with high sugar content and large serve sizes; therefore, changes made across the years were not meaningful for population’s health.

Age and Mitotic Activity in the Male Mouse, Mus Musculus L

1949 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-286
Author(s):  
W. S. BULLOUGH
Keyword(s):  
Mitotic Activity ◽  
Diurnal Cycle ◽  
Male Mouse ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Rest Period ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Bodily Activity ◽  
Vital Factor ◽  
Mitosis Rate

1. A study has been made of the mitosis rate and of the diurnal cycles of male mice during each of the first 20 months of life. The mice used belonged to the Kreyberg's white label and the Strong's CBA strains. Most of the observations were made on the ear epidermis, but some attention was also given to other tissues. 2. It was discovered that, when judged from the point of view of mitotic activity, the life of a male mouse consists of four ages. During the immature age the animals are still growing and their mitosis rate is generally high, although the ear epidermis provides an exception to this rule. During the mature age which lasts from about the 3rd to the 12th month the mitosis rate is lowered. During the middle age which follows the mitosis rate increases, but in senility it is again reduced. 3. Coincident with these changes in the mitosis rate are changes in the spontaneous bodily activity. The mice are most active during immaturity and maturity. In middle age their activity is reduced by about half, and in senility they spend almost the whole time resting. Particularly in the Strong's CBA mice there are also changes in the timing of the diurnal cycle of spontaneous bodily activity, and these are immediately mirrored by changes in the timing of the diurnal cycle of mitotic activity so that throughout life a general inverse relationship between bodily activity and mitotic activity is maintained. 4. In middle-aged Strong's CBA males the daily rest period extends almost without interruption from 06.00 to 18.00 hr. However, the most active cell division develops only at the beginning of this period, and it is evident that in prolonged sleep a lack of some vital factor develops. It is shown that subcutaneous injections of starch overcome this lack in sleeping mice and result almost immediately in the redevelopment of a high mitosis rate. Thus it would appear that sugar is the vital factor involved, and that the sugar content of the tissues is quickly used up during high mitotic activity. 5. These results are discussed particularly in relation to the problem of carcinogenesis.

scholarly journals In fear of a reversal back to the spirits-drinking era — the 2004 decrease of Finnish alcohol taxes in public discourse

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matilda Hellman ◽  
Thomas Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Total Consumption

Aims The study investigates how the dissimilar tax reductions for different alcoholic beverages (spirits, wine and beer) were debated during the large tax decrease on alcoholic beverages in Finland in 2004. Design and Data The material comprises parliamentary proceedings and discussions, as well as daily press items (=105) from 2003–2004. Content analyses, both quantitative and qualitative, were performed. Results The parliament's discussion on the unequal treatment of different beverage types concerned mostly the overall framing of a public health perspective, differencing between consumption of “spirits” and “non-spirits”. The mass media framed the question mostly from the industry's point of view. Neither a clear support of the total consumption model (excluding specification of beverage sort), nor a strong liberalisation model for alcohol policy were expressed in the materials. Varying stances were merely motivated within a paradigm of “changing drinking patterns”. Conclusions The differing treatment of different beverage types, especially the large reductions in spirits taxes, was crystallised as the fundamental public health concern surrounding the decision to lower alcohol taxes. In the end of the article the authors ask whether the lack of clear stances other than the drinking pattern framing could imply that the Finnish alcohol policy debate has become more heterogeneous, neutralised or resigned in its basic nature.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF YEAST RACES ON THE AROMA-FORMING SUBSTANCES OF TABLE WINES

2021 ◽  
Vol 447 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Z.А. Anarbekova ◽  
G.I. Baigazieva
Keyword(s):  
Direct Contact ◽  
Fermentation Process ◽  
Alcoholic Fermentation ◽  
Grape Juice ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Higher Alcohols ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Biotechnological Processes

Wine is a product of biochemical transformations, compounds present in grape juice, by controlled alcoholic fermentation, that is, effervescence. Grape and yeast enzymes play a key role in the processing of grapes and the preparation of wine, influencing all biotechnological processes of winemaking. Adding liquid or dry active yeast to the wort allows better control of the fermentation process. Under the influence of these yeasts, sugar is converted mainly into alcohol or carbon dioxide, but the yeast itself during fermentation produces many molecules (higher alcohols, esters) that affect the aroma and taste of wine. These transformations take about two weeks and lead to a significant increase in temperature, which must be regulated, not allowing it to rise above 18-20°C: otherwise, some of the aromatic substances may evaporate and the fermentation process itself will stop. The amount of yeast that determines the correct and complete fermentation depends both on the quality of the wort itself, and on the more or less prolonged access of air, the ambient temperature. The air, or rather the oxygen of the air, has a beneficial effect on fermentation as long as there are still many nutrients (sugars) in the wort; as the latter are consumed, extremely small yeast cells are formed, which persist for a long time in the form of turbidity. The rapid course of fermentation can be greatly facilitated by the periodic stirring of yeast, which, settling to the bottom, lose direct contact with nutrients — the lower layers almost do not function. You can mix the wort mechanically or by adding healthy whole grapes to it; in this case, the wort is constantly and automatically mixed: the berries, rising up in the fermenting liquid, carry the yeast with them. In order to speed up the fermentation, the wort is sometimes ventilated, that is, air is introduced into it, by mixing. This article shows the influence of the yeast race on the fermentation dynamics of white grape must, the composition of organic acids and aroma-forming components. The races that ensure the production of highquality wine materials are identified.

Evaluation of foodborne pathogen die-off in back-sweetened wine and apple cider models

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zirui Ray Xiong ◽  
Anqi Chen ◽  
Glycine Zhujun Jiang ◽  
Alisha G Lewis ◽  
Christine D Sislak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foodborne Pathogens ◽  
Apple Juice ◽  
Foodborne Pathogen ◽  
Grape Juice ◽  
White Wine ◽  
Low Ph ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Pathogen Inactivation ◽  
Apple Cider ◽  
Log Reduction

Wine and alcoholic apple cider are commonly back-sweetened with unpasteurized juice to produce fresh, natural, and palatable sweetened alcoholic beverages. Foodborne pathogens may be introduced from unpasteurized juice into alcoholic beverages through this back-sweetening process. Although pathogens generally do not survive under low pH conditions or high alcohol environment, the die-off of these pathogens has not been established to ensure the safety of the products. To determine the safety of these back-sweetened beverages, we evaluated the survival of three common foodborne pathogens, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica , and Listeria monocytogenes in modified white grape juice and apple juice models. White grape juice and apple juice were modified with hydrochloric acid/sodium hydroxide and ethanol to achieve conditions that are similar to the back-sweetened white wine and alcoholic apple cider. Pathogen cocktails were inoculated separately into modified juice models and their survival in the juice models were recorded over a 96-hour period. Our results show that a combination of low pH and high ethanol content resulted in a faster pathogen die-off compared to higher pH and lower ethanol conditions. The holding times required for different combinations of pH and ethanol concentration for each juice model to achieve 5-log reduction were reported. This research provides data to validate pathogen die-off to comply with Juice HACCP 5-log pathogen inactivation requirements for back-sweetened wine and alcoholic apple cider.

Study of pH Effect on the Anaerobic-Aerobic Fermentation of Siwalan (Borassus flabellifer L.) Sap to Produce Acetic Acid

2019 ◽  
Vol 964 ◽  
pp. 209-214
Author(s):  
Elly Agustiani ◽  
Atiqa Rahmawati ◽  
Fibrillian Zata Lini ◽  
Dimas Luthfi Ramadhani
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Acid Concentration ◽  
Ethanol Fermentation ◽  
Anaerobic Fermentation ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Acetic Acid Concentration ◽  
Acetobacter Aceti ◽  
Aerobic Fermentation ◽  
Acid Product

Siwalan (Borassus flabellifer L.) is a palm family that is widely planted in the Tuban area of ​​East Java. Siwalan sap has a relatively high sugar content of about 10-15 g / 100 ml. The sap is obtained by tapping the inflorescences. In general, siwalan sap is used for fresh drinks or alcoholic beverages with maximum storage in 3 days. Based on the sugar content in the sap of siwalan, acetic acid products can be made through fermentation of glucose to ethanol, then the ethanol is fermented into acetic acid. Acetic acid is widely used as a preservative of food and health drinks. The purpose of this research is to study the effect of ethanol fermentation aerobic pH on acetic acid product. Anaerobic fermentation uses saccharomyces cereviceae to produce ethanol, and aerobic fermentation uses acetobacter aceti for acetic acid production. In aerobic ethanol fermentation using pH 3; 3.5; 4 and 5. The concentration of ethanol was analyzed using GC ULTRA Scientific Gas Chromatography, DSQ II detector, and MS 220 column. Acetic acid produced from the aerobic fermentation process was analyzed using an alkalimetric method. Anaerobic fermentation uses Saccharomyces cereviceae with 1-day log phase, while aerobic fermentation uses acetobacter aceti with a 5 day log phase. Aerobic fermentation to produce acetic acid was observed in 5 days to obtained maximum acetic acid concentration, the highest acetic acid concetration is about 2.595 g/l and yield of acetic acid is obtained 0.519% (b/v) at pH 5. Low acetic acid concentration due to low intitial sugar content in siwalan sap.

scholarly journals Occurrence of Furosine and Hydroxymethylfurfural in Breakfast Cereals. Evolution of the Spanish Market from 2006 to 2018

Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Mesías ◽  
Laura Sáez-Escudero ◽  
Francisco J. Morales ◽  
Cristina Delgado-Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Maillard Reaction Products ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
Breakfast Cereal ◽  
Breakfast Cereals ◽  
Damage Indices ◽  
Amadori Compounds

The demand for healthier products has led the breakfast cereal sector to develop new formulations to improve the nutritional profile of breakfast cereals; however, the increase in chemical risks should also be evaluated. Amadori compounds and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are Maillard reaction products applied as heat damage indices in breakfast cereals. Furosine (a synthetic amino acid formed by acid hydrolysis of Amadori compounds) is linked to the loss of protein quality, while HMF has exhibited toxicological effects in cells and animals. Furosine and HMF content was evaluated in Spanish breakfast cereals whereas the effect of protein, fibre, and sugar content, the type of grain, the presence of honey, and the manufacturing process were discussed, as well as compared with a previous prospective study. The average furosine and HMF contents were 182 mg/kg and 21.7 mg/kg, respectively. Protein and fibre content were directly related to the furosine content, whereas sugar level, honey addition, and the manufacturing process affected the content of HMF. Occurrence of furosine and HMF decreased nearly 40% in a decade (2006–2018). These findings are relevant in terms of nutritional score, since lysine availability is preserved, but also from a toxicological point of view, due to the decreased daily exposure to both compounds, which dropped 30%.

scholarly journals The usefulness of sugar beets for biogas production in relations of the storage time and sugar content

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Mioduszewska ◽  
Mariusz Adamski ◽  
Anna Smurzyńska ◽  
Jacek Przybył ◽  
Krzysztof Pilarski
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Storage Time ◽  
Fermentation Process ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Methane Fermentation ◽  
Sugar Beets ◽  
Biogas Yield

The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of sugar beet for biogas production, taking into account the duration time of storage and sugar content in the roots. The research has included analysis of methane and biogas yield of sugar beet. The relations between the sugar content in the roots and the length of storage period and the course of the methane fermentation process were determined. Sugar beets with sugar content of 17.6% and 19.6% were used for this experiment. In order to analyse the fermentation process, the fresh beets and the beets stored in flexible, hermetic tanks in the period of 43 and 89 days were used. Based on the analysis of the obtained results, it was found that the sugar content and the storage time of sugar beet roots can differentiate the production of biomethane and that it influences the methane fermentation process and the quality of the produced biogas.

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