OPTIMIZATION OF FERMENTATION CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF WINE FROM GUAVA (Psidium guajava L.)

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2011
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PAU Ludhiana
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Guava (Psidium guajava L.) varieties (Punjab pink, Arka amulya and Lucknow-49) were evaluated for wine production. A prefermentation treatment of guava pulp with Pectinase (3.5 units/mg) was optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) whereby a 47.2, 55.6 and 59.5% decrease in OD550 nm was observed in the statistical combination of 45°C, 6h and 0.50 mg/100ml, 45°C, 6 h and 0.84 mg/100 ml and 45°C, 6 h and 0.84 mg/100 ml for Punjab pink, Arka Amulya and Lucknow-49, respectively. S. cerevisiae strain 35 was found to be significantly better (fermentation efficiency 80.0%) than S. cerevisiae Y-2034 (fermentation efficiency 73.0%) in terms of ethanol production and sugar catabolic rate. The effect of different fermentation parameters viz. sugar, temperature, inoculum size and DAHP supplementation revealed 25°B, 25°C, 9% and 300 mg/100ml as optimum respectively in all the three varieties, with an ethanol production of 13.8, 13.6 and 13.6% in 6, 8 and 8 days for Punjab pink, Arka Amulya and Lucknow-49, respectively. Post fermentative storage of wine (at 15°C) for 90 days freed the wine off viable yeast cells but also led to reduction in ascorbic acid, total phenolic content along with significant decrease in % ethanol levels. . The prepared wine was subjected to the sensory analysis (at 15 and 90 days of storage). Wines prepared from Punjab pink and Arka amulya varieties was of standard quality whereas that of Lucknow-49 was below standard at young wine stage. After the storage of 90 days, wine from Punjab pink scored a superior quality wine score (68.8 + 3.27) whereas wines from Arka amulya and Lucknow-49 remained the same i.e of standard and below standard quality (54.2 + 3.11 and 47.2 + 2.38 respectively). The scale up studies (var. Punjab pink) at 5L scale validated the optimized fermentation parameters with the ethanol production of 13.6 + 0.15 % and having an ethanol yield of 0.492g/g. Hence, Guava can act as a suitable substrate for production of wine with all the important properties of wine having high content of phenols and ascorbic acid.
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