Biotechnology Applications in Beverage Production.

BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN BEVERAGE PRODUCTION

This book gives up-to-date information on developments in the application of microbiology and enzymology to the processing of beverages. Today the art of beverage manufacture makes use of biotechnological techniques like screening and selective improvement of micro-organisms, the control of fermentation and enzymatic processes, the use of soluble enzyme reactors and waste treatment processes.

Research involving biotechnology for the purpose of improving yield, solving quality-related problems and to stimulate innovation is of growing interest. Quality is the final result of the regulation of microbiological and enzymatic processes, and innovation is the consequence of improved knowledge of useful fermentations and the availability of new ingredients.

Much of the work that is the basis for the contributions to this volume was sponsored by the Council of Europe. Including the editors, some nineteen contributors were invited to contribute to this text. The fourteen chapters themselves carry headings: A proposal for correct nomenclature of the domesticated species of the genus Saccharomyces; Micro-organisms of wine; Genetic manipulation of brewing and wine yeast; Killer yeasts - notes on properties and technical use of the character; The effects of carbon dioxide on yeasts; Microbial spoilage of canned fruit juices; Recent and future developments of fermentation technology and fermenter design in brewing; Fermenter design for alcoholic beverage production; Optimal fermenter design for white wine production; Factors affecting the behaviour of yeast in wine fermentation; On the utilisation of entrapped micro-organisms in the industry of fermented beverages; Preparation of yeast for industrial use in the production of beverages; Enzymes in the fruit juice industry; and Enzymatic processing of musts and wines.

Like all specialist books, this one is of great interest to those in the field and it must be remembered that it is a very large field nowadays, with a large output.