FOOD. Science. Technology. Quality

Food. SCIENCE. Technology. Quality

Food. Science. TECHNOLOGY. Quality

Food. Science. Technology. QUALITY

Authors

ELŻBIETA SYLWIA BONIN, MARIA ŚLUSARSKA

Title

Influence of addition of magnesium and calcium salts to high-sugar musts on the process of wine fermentation and biomass growth

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to study the influence of addition of magnesium and calcium salts to high sugar musts on the process of fermentation and biomass growth. Musts containing approximately 310 g⋅total sugar/dmwere enriched with 240 mg⋅magnesium/dmas well as 40 and 400 mg⋅calcium ions/dm3. Yeast Saccharomyces bayanus S.o./1AD were used. It was found, that in applied conditions the most favourable is supplementation with magnesium. In the case of addition of MgSO4 to the musts, the lowest content of extract, the highest efficiency of fermentation – 93% and the highest ethanol content – 16% v/v were stated. However, wine obtained from the must suplemented with 400 mg⋅calcium/dmwas characterized by both the lowest content of alcohol – 14.1% vol. and the lowest efficiency – 82%. Addition of magnesium and calcium ions to the musts did not influence on the content of total sugar, saccharose, volatile and total acidity, SO2. After 72 hours of cultivation, the highest biomass growth – 9.2 g d.m.·dm-3 was obtained from the must enriched with 40 mg⋅calcium·dm-3, and the lowest amount of biomass -7.7 g d.m.·dm-3 was stated in medium suplemented with 400 mg⋅calcium·dm-3.

Keywords

wheat yeast, magnesium, calcium, fermentation, ethanol, wine

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