FST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Maillard Reaction, Amylase, B Vitamins
18 Sep 2017
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Fermented beverages: wine, beer, distilled alcoholic beverages. Alcohol effects: chronic effects of excess alcohol consumption. Death: loss of reasonable judgement, counts as a dui, criminal activity. Fermentation history: since fruits ferment naturally fermentation precedes human history, since prehistoric times however humans have controlled the fermentation process. Earliest evidence of winemaking dates from 6000 bc in georgia, the former soviet republic: 7000 year old jars of wine have been excavated in the zagros mountains in. Iran: strong evidence people were fermenting beverages in babylon, egypt, Making wines: simply the action of yeasts on sugars. Sugar is usually from grapes which means it"s glucose. Grape components: grape pulp mainly contains sugar and acid, grape seeds/stems/leaves mainly contain undesirable flavor compounds including tannins, oils, and resins, grape skins mainly contain. Wine pigments (flavonoids, anthocyanins) which are important for red wine quality. Astringent tannins: bind to and precipitate protein, preservative, impart dry taste and flavor in red wines.
