Food Brewing Technology and Brewing Microorganisms

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".

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State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Interests: baijiu; fruit wine; brewing technology; brewing microorganisms

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Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Interests: functional and flavor optimization of beer and wine; development of yeast for food and other industrial applications

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Dear Colleagues,

Food brewing technology is an important technology in the modern food industry worldwide that uses specific traits of microorganisms to produce food by traditional or modern engineering techniques. The products produced by food brewing technology have spread all over the world. However, the detailed content and mechanism of food brewing technology and brewing microorganisms have not been fully popularized.

In this Special Issue, we encourage submissions of manuscripts related to food brewing technology and brewing microorganisms, including the content of brewing technology and related microorganisms, including beer, liquor, wine, rice wine, and the content of condiment fermentation technology and related microorganisms, including MSG, soy sauce, and vinegar, and the content of other fermentation technologies and related microorganisms, such as yogurt, pickles, and cheese. This Special Issue is intended to provide readers with a detailed introduction to food brewing technology and the role of brewing microorganisms.

Prof. Dr. Guiming Fu
Dr. Jinjing Wang 
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Keywords

  • food brewing technology
  • brewing microorganisms
  • alcoholic products
  • soy sauce
  • msg
  • vinegar
  • yogurt
  • cheese
  • pickle

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Editorial to Special Issue—Food Brewing Technology and Brewing Microorganisms
by Yanru Chen, Guiming Fu, Jinjing Wang and Wenqin Cai
Foods 2023, 12(17), 3324; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12173324 - 04 Sep 2023
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Food brewing technology is an important technology in the modern worldwide food industry, which uses the specific traits of microorganisms to produce food by traditional or modern engineering techniques [...] Full article
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Fungal Biomarkers in Traditional Starter Determine the Chemical Characteristics of Turbid Rice Wine from the Rim of the Sichuan Basin, China
by Lanchai Chen, Wenliang Xiang, Xuemei Liang, Junyu Liu, Haoyu Zhu, Ting Cai, Qing Zhang and Jie Tang
Foods 2023, 12(3), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12030585 - 30 Jan 2023
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The fungal community in Qu plays a key role in the formation of turbid rice wine (TRW) style. The Sichuan Basin and its surrounding areas have become one of the main TRW production regions in China; however, the fungal community in Qu and [...] Read more.
The fungal community in Qu plays a key role in the formation of turbid rice wine (TRW) style. The Sichuan Basin and its surrounding areas have become one of the main TRW production regions in China; however, the fungal community in Qu and how they affect the characteristics of TRW remain unknown. Therefore, this study provided insight into the fungal biomarkers in Qu from Guang’an (GQ), Dazhou (DQ), Aba (AQ), and Liangshan (LQ), as well as their relationships with compounds in TRW. The main biomarkers in GQ were Rhizopus arrhizus, Candida glabrata, Rhizomucor pusillus, Thermomyces lanuginosus and Wallemia sebi. However, they changed to Saccharomycopsis fibuligera and Mucor indicus in DQ, Lichtheimia ramose in AQ, and Rhizopus microsporus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in LQ. As a response to fungal biomarkers, the reducing sugar, ethanol, organic acids, and volatile compounds were also changed markedly in TRWs. Among important volatile compounds (VIP > 1.00), phenethyl alcohol (14.1–29.4%) was dominant in TRWs. Meanwhile, 3-methyl-1-butanol (20.6–56.5%) was dominant in all TRWs except that fermented by GQ (GW). Acetic acid (29.4%) and ethyl palmitate (10.1%) were dominant in GW and LW, respectively. Moreover, GQ biomarkers were positively correlated with acetic acid and all unique important volatile compounds in GW. DQ biomarkers had positive correlations with unique compounds of acetoin and ethyl 5-chloro-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-carboxylate in DW. Meanwhile, the AQ biomarkers were positively correlated with all AW unique, important, and volatile compounds. Although there were not any unique volatile compounds in LW, 16 important volatile compounds in LW were positively related to LQ biomarkers. Obviously, biomarkers in different geographic Qu played vital roles in the formation of important volatile compounds, which could contribute specific flavor to TRWs. This study provided a scientific understanding for future efforts to promote the excellent characteristics of TRW by regulating beneficial fungal communities. Full article
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Effects on Cell Membrane Integrity of Pichia anomala by the Accumulating Excessive Reactive Oxygen Species under Ethanol Stress
by Yanru Chen, Yin Wan, Wenqin Cai, Na Liu, Jiali Zeng, Chengmei Liu, Hong Peng and Guiming Fu
Foods 2022, 11(22), 3744; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11223744 - 21 Nov 2022
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Ethanol stress to yeast is well recognized and exists widely during the brewing process of alcohol products. Pichia anomala is an important ester-producing yeast in the brewing process of Chinese Baijiu and other alcohol products. Therefore, it is of great significance for the [...] Read more.
Ethanol stress to yeast is well recognized and exists widely during the brewing process of alcohol products. Pichia anomala is an important ester-producing yeast in the brewing process of Chinese Baijiu and other alcohol products. Therefore, it is of great significance for the alcohol products brewing industry to explore the effects of ethanol stress on the growth metabolism of P. anomala. In this study, the effects of ethanol stress on the growth, esters production ability, cell membrane integrity and reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism of P. anomala NCU003 were studied. Our results showed that ethanol stress could inhibit the growth, reduce the ability of non-ethyl ester compounds production and destroy the cell morphology of P. anomala NCU003. The results also showed that 9% ethanol stress produced excessive ROS and then increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, aseorbateperoxidase and glutathione reductase) compared to the control group. However, these increased antioxidant enzyme activities could not prevent the damage caused by ROS to P. anomala NCU003. Of note, correlation results indicated that high content of ROS could promote the accumulation of malondialdehyde content, resulting in destruction of the integrity of the cell membrane and leading to the leakage of intracellular nutrients (soluble sugar and protein) and electrolytes. These results indicated that the growth and the non-ethyl ester compounds production ability of P. anomala could be inhibited under ethanol stress by accumulating excessive ROS and the destruction of cell membrane integrity in P. anomala. Full article
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Increase the Content of Ester Compounds in Blueberry Wine Fermentation with the Ester-Producing Yeast: Candida glabrata, Pichia anomala, and Wickerhamomyces anomalus
by Wenqin Cai, Bang Li, Yanru Chen, Guiming Fu, Haowei Fan, Mengfei Deng, Yin Wan, Na Liu and Mengxiang Li
Foods 2022, 11(22), 3655; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11223655 - 16 Nov 2022
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The co-fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and ester-producing yeasts is considered to be an effective way to improve the flavor and quality of fruit wine. In this study, three kinds of ester-producing yeasts (Candida glabrata NCUF308.1, Pichia anomala NCUF306.1, and Wickerhamomyces anomalus NCUF307.1) [...] Read more.
The co-fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and ester-producing yeasts is considered to be an effective way to improve the flavor and quality of fruit wine. In this study, three kinds of ester-producing yeasts (Candida glabrata NCUF308.1, Pichia anomala NCUF306.1, and Wickerhamomyces anomalus NCUF307.1) and S. cerevisiae NCUF309.2 were used to simulate blueberry wine co-fermentation at different ratios. The results showed that, compared with S. cerevisiae NCUF309.2 fermentation (S), the population of S. cerevisiae NCUF309.2 in co-fermentation samples decreased to varying degrees, and the content of ethanol also decreased. The results also showed that the co-fermentation of C. glabrata NCUF308.1 and S. cerevisiae NCUF309.2 at the ratio of 1:1 (CS1), co-fermentation of P. anomala NCUF306.1 and S. cerevisiae NCUF309.2 at the ratio of 5:1 (PS5), and co-fermentation of W. anomalus NCUF307.1 and S. cerevisiae NCUF309.2 at the ratio of 5:1 (WS5) could significantly increase the content of ester compounds (p < 0.05), which was 3.29, 4.75, and 3.04 times that of the S sample, respectively. Among them, the sample of CS1 was characterized by phenethyl acetate and isoamyl acetate, while the samples of CS5 and PS5 were characterized by propyl octanoate and ethyl decanoate, and the sample of WS5 was characterized by 3-methylbutyl hexanoate. However, the contents of odor active compounds were higher in the CS1 sample. Therefore, the samples of CS1 had the potential to create the distinctive flavor of blueberry wine. Full article
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Chemotaxis of Clostridium Strains Isolated from Pit Mud and Its Application in Baijiu Fermentation
by Langtao Wu, Jingya Fan, Jian Chen and Fang Fang
Foods 2022, 11(22), 3639; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11223639 - 14 Nov 2022
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Clostridium is the key bacteria that inhabits the pit mud in a fermentation cell, for the production of strong-flavor Baijiu. Its activities in the process of Baijiu fermentation is closely related to the niches of pit mud and cells. After multiple rounds of [...] Read more.
Clostridium is the key bacteria that inhabits the pit mud in a fermentation cell, for the production of strong-flavor Baijiu. Its activities in the process of Baijiu fermentation is closely related to the niches of pit mud and cells. After multiple rounds of underground fermentation, Clostridium has been domesticated and adapted to the environment. The mechanisms of clostridia succession in the pit mud and how they metabolize nutrients present in grains are not clear. In this study, 15 Clostridium species including three firstly reported ones (Clostridium tertium, Clostridium pabulibutyricum and Clostridium intestinale) in strong-flavor Baijiu pit mud, were isolated from the pit mud. Eighty one percent of these Clostridium strains are motile, and most of them show chemotaxis to organic acids, glutathione, saccharides and lactic acid bacteria. In a simulated Baijiu fermentation system, Clostridium migrated from pit mud to fermented grains with the addition of chemokine lactic acid, resulting in the production of acetic acid and butyric acid. The results help to understand the succession mechanism of Clostridium in pit mud, and provide a reference for regulation of lactic acid level in fermented grains during Baijiu fermentation. Full article
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Linking Microbial Functional Gene Abundance and Daqu Extracellular Enzyme Activity: Implications for Carbon Metabolism during Fermentation
by Yu-Ting Zhang, Yu-Ke Deng, Yong-Fang Zou, Bao-Lin Han, Ji-Zhou Pu, Jia-Quan Rao, Dan Huang and Hui-Bo Luo
Foods 2022, 11(22), 3623; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11223623 - 13 Nov 2022
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Daqu is the starter of Baijiu, it provides the microbes and enzymes necessary for fermentation. Studies have already established carbohydrate metabolism as the primary functional module in Daqu fermentation. The present study investigated the changes in microbial functions and the relationship between [...] Read more.
Daqu is the starter of Baijiu, it provides the microbes and enzymes necessary for fermentation. Studies have already established carbohydrate metabolism as the primary functional module in Daqu fermentation. The present study investigated the changes in microbial functions and the relationship between carbohydrate metabolism-related functional genes and extracellular enzyme activity during the Daqu fermentation. Amplicon sequencing identified 38 bacterial and 10 fungal phyla in Daqu samples, while shotgun metagenomic sequencing classified and annotated 40.66% of the individual features, of which 40.48% were prokaryotes. KEGG annotation showed that the pathways related to metabolites were less in the early fermentation stage, but higher in the middle and late stages. The functional genes related to pyruvate metabolism, glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism, and propanoate metabolism were relatively high in the early and late stages of fermentation, while that for start and cross metabolism was relatively low. The study also found that amino sugar and nucleoside sugar metabolism were dominant in the middle stage of fermentation. Finally, the correlation network analysis showed that amylase activity positively correlated with many carbon metabolism-related pathways, while liquefaction activity negatively correlated with these pathways. In conclusion, the present study provides a theoretical basis for improving and stabilizing the quality of Daqu. Full article
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Fungal Diversity Profiles in Pit Mud Samples from Chinese Strong-Flavour Liquor Pit
by Shunchang Pu and Shoubao Yan
Foods 2022, 11(22), 3544; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11223544 - 08 Nov 2022
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Pit mud, a specific fermented soil, is an essential material for the fermentation of Chinese strong-flavour liquor. However, few studies to date have sought to characterize the spatial profiles of pit mud fungal communities in fermentation cellars from Chinese strong-flavour liquor distilleries. In [...] Read more.
Pit mud, a specific fermented soil, is an essential material for the fermentation of Chinese strong-flavour liquor. However, few studies to date have sought to characterize the spatial profiles of pit mud fungal communities in fermentation cellars from Chinese strong-flavour liquor distilleries. In this analysis, differences in fungal community structures and physicochemical properties in pit mud samples from different spatial positions within fermentation cellars were analyzed, revealing unique characteristic multidimensional pit mud fungal community profiles. Penicillium roqueforti, Pichia kudriavzevii, Aotearoamyces nothofagi, Penicillium robsamsonii, Alternaria arborescens, Trichosporon insectorum, Seltsamia ulmi, Trichosporon coremiiforme, Malassezia restricta were dominant in the pit mud samples form the upper cellar wall, whereas Metarhizium frigidum, Calonectria pseudoreteaudii, Penicillium clavigerum, Fusarium equiseti, Simplicillium chinense, Aspergillus intermedius, Trichosporon coremiiforme, Fusarium circinatum, Alternaria radicina, Aspergillus heterocaryoticus were predominant in the middle cellar wall. Alternaria radicina, Cladosporium chasmanthicola, Alternaria helianthiinficiens, Penicillium argentinense, Antarctomyces psychrotrophicus, and Trichosporon inkin are majorly present in the down cellar wall layer. Bipolaris axonopicola, Ramgea ozimecii, Penicillium argentinense, Calonectria queenslandica, Metarhizium robertsii, and Penicillium roqueforti were identified as the dominant fungi in pit mud samples from the cellar bottom. Additionally, Alternaria destruens and Alternaria doliconidium are present at notably high levels in all layers of pit mud samples. Moisture, pH, PO43−, acetic acid, humus, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, butyric acid, and caproic acid levels in these different pit mud positions exhibited a rising incremental pattern from the upper wall layer to the bottom layer, whereas lactic acid levels were significantly lower in the bottom pit mud layer relative to these other layers. Moisture, pH, and NH4+-N were identified as the three most significant factors associated with fungal community composition through a redundancy analysis. Overall, these findings may offer a theoretical foundation for future efforts to improve or standardize artificial pit mud. Full article
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Effects of Daqu Attributes on Distribution and Assembly Patterns of Microbial Communities and Their Metabolic Function of Artificial Pit Mud
by Yu Mu, Jun Huang, Rongqing Zhou, Suyi Zhang, Hui Qin, Hanlan Tang, Qianglin Pan and Huifang Tang
Foods 2022, 11(18), 2922; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11182922 - 19 Sep 2022
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Daqu provides functional microbiota and various nutrients for artificial pit mud (APM) cultivation. However, little is known about whether its attributes affect the microbiome and metabolome of APM. Here, two types of APM were manufactured by adding fortified Daqu (FD) and conventional Daqu [...] Read more.
Daqu provides functional microbiota and various nutrients for artificial pit mud (APM) cultivation. However, little is known about whether its attributes affect the microbiome and metabolome of APM. Here, two types of APM were manufactured by adding fortified Daqu (FD) and conventional Daqu (CD); they were comprehensively compared by polyphasic detection methods after being used for two years. The results showed that FD altered the prokaryotic communities rather than the fungal ones, resulting in increased archaea and Clostridium_sensu_stricto_12 and decreased eubacteria and Lactobacillus. Correlation analysis suggested that these variations in community structure promoted the formation of hexanoic acid, butyric acid, and the corresponding ethyl esters, whereas they inhibited that of lactic acid and ethyl lactate and thus improved the flavor quality of the APM. Notably, pH was the main driving factor for the bacterial community variation, and the total acid mediated the balance between the stochastic and the deterministic processes. Furthermore, the results of the network analysis and PICRUSt2 indicated that FD also enhanced the modularity and robustness of the co-occurrence network and the abundance of enzymes related to hexanoic acid and butyric acid production. Our study highlights the importance of Daqu attributes in APM cultivation, which are of great significance for the production of high-quality strong-flavor Baijiu. Full article
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Fed-Batch Fermentation of Saccharomyces pastorianus with High Ribonucleic Acid Yield
by Hao Chen, Jinjing Wang, Qi Li, Xin Xu, Chengtuo Niu, Feiyun Zheng and Chunfeng Liu
Foods 2022, 11(18), 2742; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11182742 - 07 Sep 2022
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(1) Background: The degradation products of ribonucleic acid (RNA)are widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industry for their flavoring and nutritional enhancement functions. Yeast is the main source for commercial RNA production, and an efficient strain is the key to reducing production [...] Read more.
(1) Background: The degradation products of ribonucleic acid (RNA)are widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industry for their flavoring and nutritional enhancement functions. Yeast is the main source for commercial RNA production, and an efficient strain is the key to reducing production costs; (2) Methods: A mutant Saccharomyces pastorianus G03H8 with a high RNA yield was developed via ARTP mutagenesis and fed-batch fermentation was applied to optimize production capacity. Genome sequencing analysis was used to reveal the underlying mechanism of higher RNA production genetic differences in the preferred mutant; (3) Results: Compared with the highest RNA content of the mutant strain, G03H8 increased by 40% compared with the parental strain G03 after response surface model optimization. Meanwhile, in fed-batch fermentation, G03H8′s dry cell weight (DCW) reached 60.58 g/L in 5 L fermenter by molasses flowing and RNA production reached up to 3.58 g/L. Genome sequencing showed that the ribosome biogenesis, yeast meiosis, RNA transport, and longevity regulating pathway were closely related to the metabolism of high RNA production; (4) Conclusion: S. pastorianus G03H8 was developed for RNA production and had the potential to greatly reduce the cost of RNA production and shorten the fermentation cycle. This work lays the foundation for efficient RNA content using S. pastorianus. Full article
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Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Regulatory Mechanism of Nutrient Limitation-Induced Sporulation of Antrodia cinnamomea in Submerged Fermentation
by Huaxiang Li, Dan Ji, Zhishan Luo, Yilin Ren, Zhenming Lu, Zhenquan Yang and Zhenghong Xu
Foods 2022, 11(17), 2715; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11172715 - 05 Sep 2022
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Antrodia cinnamomea is a precious edible and medicinal mushroom with various biological activities, such as hepatoprotection, antitumor, antivirus, immunoregulation, and intestinal flora regulation. However, the wild fruiting bodies of A. cinnamomea are scarce and expensive. Submerged fermentation based on spore inoculation has become [...] Read more.
Antrodia cinnamomea is a precious edible and medicinal mushroom with various biological activities, such as hepatoprotection, antitumor, antivirus, immunoregulation, and intestinal flora regulation. However, the wild fruiting bodies of A. cinnamomea are scarce and expensive. Submerged fermentation based on spore inoculation has become the most efficient and popular artificial culture method for A. cinnamomea. In order to complement the mechanism of asexual sporulation of A. cinnamomea in submerged fermentation, and provide a theoretical basis to further improve the sporulation, comparative transcriptomics analysis using RNA-seq and RT-qPCR were conducted on A. cinnamomea mycelia cultured under different nutritional conditions to reveal the regulatory mechanism underlying the asexual sporulation induced by nutrient limitation. The obtained mechanism is as follows: under nitrogen starvation, the corresponding sensors transmit signals to genes, such as areA and tmpA, and promote their expression. Among these genes, AreA has a direct or indirect effect on flbD and promotes its expression, further enhancing the expression of brlA. Meanwhile, TmpA has a direct or indirect effect on brlA and promotes its expression; under carbon starvation, transport protein Rco-3, as a glucose sensor, directly or indirectly transmits signals to brlA and promotes its expression. BrlA promotes the expression of abaA gene, which further enhances the expression of wetA gene, and wetA then directly leads to asexual sporulation and promotes spore maturation; meanwhile, gulC can also promote cell autolysis, which provides energy and raw materials for sporulation. Full article
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Structural Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Microbiota Related to Fermentation Ability and Alcohol Production Ability in Nongxiang Daqu
by Jie Tang, Jie Chen, Deming Chen, Zijian Li, Dan Huang and Huibo Luo
Foods 2022, 11(17), 2602; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11172602 - 27 Aug 2022
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Fermentation ability and alcohol production ability are important quality indicators of Chinese liquor Daqu, reflecting microbial growth and metabolic capacity and ethanol production capacity of Daqu microbiota, respectively. However, information on the microbial community related to the fermentation ability and alcohol production [...] Read more.
Fermentation ability and alcohol production ability are important quality indicators of Chinese liquor Daqu, reflecting microbial growth and metabolic capacity and ethanol production capacity of Daqu microbiota, respectively. However, information on the microbial community related to the fermentation ability and alcohol production ability is unclear. In this study, fermentation functional microbiota (FFM) and alcohol functional microbiota (AFM) were obtained by correlating fermentation ability and alcohol production ability with Daqu microbiota. FFM and AFM consisted of 50 and 49 genera, respectively, which were basically the same at the phylum level but differed at the genus level. Correlation analysis showed that FFM and AFM were mainly affected by moisture, acidity, and humidity in the early stage of Daqu fermentation, and oxygen content was a critical factor for microbial succession in the middle stage of fermentation. FFM and AFM had commensal or synergistic interactions with multiple microbes. Function predictions indicated that fermentation functional bacterial microbiota was active in product synthesis and transport-related metabolic functions, and alcohol functional bacterial microbiota was very active in raw material utilization and its own metabolic synthesis. This study reveals the structural characteristics and formation mechanism of FFM and AFM, which is important for control of Daqu quality. Full article
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Effect of Deacidification Treatment on the Flavor Quality of Zaosu Pear–Kiwifruit Wine
by Xueshan Yang, Xinyuan Song, Liu Yang, Jie Zhao and Xia Zhu
Foods 2022, 11(14), 2007; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142007 - 07 Jul 2022
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Conventional pear–kiwifruit wine has a bland flavor and sour taste, because of excessive l-malic acid content and, consequently, little consumer appeal. An Oenococcus oeni strain, GF-2, has good malolactic fermentation (MLF) performance and high glucosidase activity. Through a Box–Behnken design, the optimum [...] Read more.
Conventional pear–kiwifruit wine has a bland flavor and sour taste, because of excessive l-malic acid content and, consequently, little consumer appeal. An Oenococcus oeni strain, GF-2, has good malolactic fermentation (MLF) performance and high glucosidase activity. Through a Box–Behnken design, the optimum MLF parameters for deacidification by GF-2 were determined: initial pH of 3.4, 5% v/v inoculation, and temperature of 20 °C, which reduced the malic acid content by 98.3%. The changes in the content of organic acids, polyphenols, and aromatic compounds after MLF were compared with chemical deacidification. MLF significantly decreased the total concentration of organic acids by 29.7% and promoted the accumulation of aromatic esters, higher alcohols, and terpenoids, but chemical deacidification markedly decreased aromatic compound content by 59.8%. MLF wine achieved the highest sensory scores for aroma, taste, and overall acceptability. Therefore, MLF with O. oeni GF-2 has great potential to markedly improve the quality of commercial pear–kiwifruit wine. Full article
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