How Do Different Ingredients and Additives Affect the Production Steps and the Bioactive Potential of Mead?

Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage that is made from honey diluted in water and commonly with the addition of other ingredients. The chemical characteristics of mead are closely related to the ingredients and additives that are used in its preparation, especially the type of honey, yeast strain...

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Veröffentlicht in:Food technology and biotechnology 2023-06, Vol.61 (2), p.179-190
Hauptverfasser: Simão, Larissa, Wanderley, Bruna Rafaela da Silva Monteiro, Tavares Vieira, Michelly Pontes, da Silva Haas, Isabel Cristina, Amboni, Renata Dias de Mello Castanho, Fritzen-Freire, Carlise Beddin
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Zusammenfassung:Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage that is made from honey diluted in water and commonly with the addition of other ingredients. The chemical characteristics of mead are closely related to the ingredients and additives that are used in its preparation, especially the type of honey, yeast strain and prefermentation nutrients, as well as herbs, spices and/or fruits. These additives can affect not only the fermentation process, in particular the yeast activity, the formation of metabolites and fermentation time, but also the bioactive potential of the mead, which mainly depends on phenolic compounds. Scientific studies have shown that the mead with added different plant species contains considerable amounts of different classes of polyphenols, which have important biological activities. Within this context, this review study seeks to investigate how different ingredients and additives can affect each of the stages of the preparation of mead, as well as its bioactive potential, in order to understand the effects on its chemical composition, and thus add greater commercial value to this beverage.
ISSN:1330-9862
1334-2606
DOI:10.17113/ftb.61.02.23.7622