CA1173289A - Beverage process and product - Google Patents

Beverage process and product

Info

Publication number
CA1173289A
CA1173289A CA000385561A CA385561A CA1173289A CA 1173289 A CA1173289 A CA 1173289A CA 000385561 A CA000385561 A CA 000385561A CA 385561 A CA385561 A CA 385561A CA 1173289 A CA1173289 A CA 1173289A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
solution
fermentation
process according
sugar
beverage
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA000385561A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Gerard Coeffier
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel SA
Original Assignee
Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel SA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel SA filed Critical Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel SA
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1173289A publication Critical patent/CA1173289A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12GWINE; PREPARATION THEREOF; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES C12C OR C12H
    • C12G3/00Preparation of other alcoholic beverages
    • C12G3/02Preparation of other alcoholic beverages by fermentation
    • C12G3/025Low-alcohol beverages

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Genetics & Genomics (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Zoology (AREA)
  • Non-Alcoholic Beverages (AREA)
  • Seasonings (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Process for the manufacture of a natural sweet efferve-scent beverage, having low alcohol content, of the soda water or soda pop type, flavoured with various fruit juices and flavours. In the process sugar and water are mixed at a first stage, and carbon dioxide which provides gasification is formed in the liquid "in situ", resulting from alcohol-type fermentation of the sugar by the action of fermenting agents. The fermentation is interrupted before the production of a significant quantity of alcohol with unfermented sugar remaining in solution providing the desired sweet taste.

Description

7;~2~

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a sweet effervescent beverage, having a very low alcohol content, of the soda water or soda pop type, flavoured with various fruit juices and flavours.
The invention also relates to beverages prepared by this process.
Numerous processes for the manufacture of effervescent beverages of the soda type are known. These known beverages are all obtained by adding carbon dioxide -to a sweetened aqueous solu-tion. This gasification necessitates numerous intricate operations,and the beverages obtained by these processes are not entirely natural, and this is a very important commercial consideration.
Finally and as far as taste is concerned, artificial carbonation is not generally satisfactory for the consumer.
It is an object of the present invention to avoid -these difficulties by providing a process, which enables an entirely natural sweet effervescent beverage of the soda type to be ob-tained.
The process of the invention is characterized by the fact that the carbon dioxide, required for the formation of the gas bubbles, is formed "in situ" in the liquid, as a result of alcoholic type fermentation of the sugar by the action of ferments, with fermentation being interrupted before the formation of a signi-ficant quantity of alcohol. The sugar, which is not converted by the fermentation, remains in solution conferring on the beverage the desired sweet taste.
In the process according to the invention, mixing of water, sugar, ferments and an acidifier is carried out at a first stage. Fermentation promoters, essentially fermentation exciters, .

are added. Optionally, part of the juices and flavours, which are to characterise the desired beverage, can also be incorporated into the solution at this stage.
Fermentation proceeds at an optimum temperature of from to 35 C. for a relatively limited period - between 10 and 20 hours - so as to bring about formation of carbon dioxide, sufficient for gasifying the liquid but without reaching a significant alcoholic content. The final alcoholic content will not exceed l in any case and, as a general rule, will lie between 0.5 to 0.9 alcoholic degree. Such a beverage is classed as a "non alcoholic beverage", in existing legislation.
Fermentation is then stopped by abrupt cooling to a temp-erature of below 10C, for example from 5 to 6C. This temperature is maintained until the end of the process. At this stage, the ferments are present in the solution at a concentration of about 109 cells per litre; this concentration is reduced to about 104 by plate filtration and isobarometric drawing off of the beverage is carried out.
Treatment is then carried out which is designed to avoid further fermentation when the beverage is returned to ambient temp-erature, for example, by pasteurisation or flash pasteurization.
The effect of this treatment is to completely destroy the ferments that have remained after the filtration operation.
Varous additions, such as flavouring and fruit juice additives, are incorporated in the beverage to impart the various desired colour, taste and smell.
There is no limitation in this regard and the following tastes and smells may be obtained, for example: blackcurrant, cherry, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, passion fruit, guava, orange, q~

apple, etc.
Advantageously, fermentation will be stopped when about 15~ of the initial sugar has been transformed into alcoho~.
By the present process, very original effervescent bev-erages are obtained, which show the advantage of having been ob-tained by using natural substance, exclusively.
Moreover, the gas bubbles, obtained according to the pre-sent process are smaller than those present in known soda waters, conferring better digestibility to the product.
The invention will be more fully understood with refer-ence to the accompanying drawings, which is a flow chart; and to the following non-limiting e-x-am~leswherein the quantities indicated are those necessary for obtaining a litre of beverage.
EXAMPLE:
A ferment solution A is prepared by dissolving 5 g. of sugar and 0.250 g. of ferments in 0,150 li-tre of water of drinking water quality - for example, spring water. Then this solution is heated to 30C. for from 2 to 3 hours, so as to activate the ferment.
At the same time, a second solution B is prepared, con-taining fermentation exciters, for example ammonium phosphate andthiamine, (nitrogenous products). For this purpose, a solution of 95 g. of sugar and cream of tartar in 0.850 litre o:E drinking water is heated to 90 - 95C., so as to free it from any "para-sitic" ferment that may be present. The solution is cooled to 30 C. and 0.2 g of ammonium phosphate and 0.4 mg of thiamine are added. The whole is mixed and stirred to complete solution. It is also possible to carry outa first addition of fruit juices and flavouring at this stage.
The next step is to mix solutions A and B, enabling , , ~ ~'.; 3~
,, fermentation at a temperature of from 30 to 35 C. When the desired concentration of carbon dioxide has been reached - for example, a concentration of from 3.5 to ~.5 g/litre, - the mix-ture is cooled to 5 - 6C. The average fermentation time is of the order of 15 hours.
The temperature of from 5 to 6 C. is maintained until the end of the working process.
The fermented solution is then filtered with a pressure of carbon dioxide on the tank, equal to the pressure existing in the solution, (2 kg/cm ). A slight pressure of carbon dioxide, for example 0.5 kg per cm , may be applied to the tank receiving the filtration liquor, so as to avoid emulsification. This work-ing process typifies operations involving filtration and it will not be described in greater detail. Filtration will preferably take place on plates. A solid residue is thus recovered, which is either discarded or, if it is desired, recycled, as it contains a high concentration of ferments. To the liquid extracted by filtration, the various fruit juices and flavours are then added under carbon dioxide pressure and with stirring, either completely or as a supplement to what may have already been introduced into solution B.
In practice, it is more advantageous to introduce the whole of the flavouring substances after filtration, which leaves a much greater freedom of choice regarding the nature of the fi~al product, because, in fact, the same filtered juice can serve, in this case, as a basis for the manufacture of beverages of differ-ent flavours. Moreover, any risk of possible degration of -the juice, introduced into B, by the fermentation phase is thus avoided.

l 73~

After the flavoured product has been allowed to stand for about 1/2 hour, it is drawn off in a conventional manner by counter-pressure of carbon dioxide on a bell-jar of a drawing-pump.
Finally, in order to kill any remaining ferments, the final product is submitted to pasteurisation for 20 min. at a temperature of 65C. which is conventional for low pasteurization.

Claims (8)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Process for the manufacture of a natural sweet carbonated beverage of low alcohol content flavoured with various fruit juices and flavours comprising preparing a first solution of sugar and water and adding a second solution containing fermen-tation agents to promote formation by fermentation of carbon dioxide which provides "in situ" the complete carbonization of the beverage, and stopping the fermentation before the formation of a significant quantity of alcohol, with unfermented sugar re-maining providing a sweet taste.
2. Process according to claim 1, wherein the fermen-tation is stopped when about 15% by weight of the initial sugar has been converted into alcohol.
3. Process according to claim 1, wherein further rer-mentation is prevented by pasteurisation.
4. Process according to claim 3, characterized in that fermentation is stopped by cooling to a temperature of about 5°C.
5. Process according to claim 4, wherein the solution is subjected, after cooling, to plate filtration, reducing the con-centration fermenting agents from 109 to 104 cells per litre of solution.
6. Process according to claim 5, wherein a whole or part of the fruit juices and flavouring ingredients are intro-duced into the solution obtained after filtration.
7. Process according to claim 6, wherein a portion of the fruit juices and flavouring are present in the first solution.
8. A beverage prepared according to the process of claims 1, 6 or 7.
CA000385561A 1980-10-14 1981-09-10 Beverage process and product Expired CA1173289A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR80/22189 1980-10-14
FR8022189A FR2491949A1 (en) 1980-10-14 1980-10-14 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A NATURAL SWEETENER DRINK WITH A LOW ALCOHOL CONTENT OF THE SODA TYPE, AND BEVERAGE OBTAINED ACCORDING TO THIS PROCESS

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1173289A true CA1173289A (en) 1984-08-28

Family

ID=9246987

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA000385561A Expired CA1173289A (en) 1980-10-14 1981-09-10 Beverage process and product

Country Status (18)

Country Link
JP (1) JPS5794278A (en)
AU (1) AU7627981A (en)
BE (1) BE890704A (en)
BR (1) BR8106601A (en)
CA (1) CA1173289A (en)
CH (1) CH649310A5 (en)
DE (1) DE3140095A1 (en)
DK (1) DK454381A (en)
ES (1) ES506209A0 (en)
FR (1) FR2491949A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2087426B (en)
IN (1) IN157107B (en)
IT (1) IT1140458B (en)
LU (1) LU83698A1 (en)
NL (1) NL8104677A (en)
OA (1) OA06923A (en)
PT (1) PT73816B (en)
ZA (1) ZA816992B (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4695468A (en) * 1984-10-05 1987-09-22 Fronda Limited Process for producing carbonated beverages

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0110527A1 (en) * 1982-10-22 1984-06-13 Thomas Anthony Carson Method and composition for fermenting sugar solutions
US4816280A (en) * 1985-03-18 1989-03-28 The Stroh Brewery Company Malt beverages with improved flavor and method of making same
JPH0354686Y2 (en) * 1987-11-06 1991-12-03
FR2651240B1 (en) * 1989-08-31 1992-07-31 Vinicole Ste Expl Exploit NATURALLY PETILLANT BEVERAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF.
CN103431477A (en) * 2013-09-05 2013-12-11 李嘉 Preparation method of cherokee rose fruit fermenting beverage
WO2024152091A1 (en) * 2023-01-20 2024-07-25 Bioinfood Soluções Em Biotecnologia Ltda Process of reducing sugars from carbohydrate-rich substrates

Family Cites Families (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR700241A (en) * 1929-09-09 1931-02-26 Manufacturing process for low-alcohol drinks by fermentation under the release of carbonic acid

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4695468A (en) * 1984-10-05 1987-09-22 Fronda Limited Process for producing carbonated beverages

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
NL8104677A (en) 1982-05-03
OA06923A (en) 1983-05-31
BR8106601A (en) 1982-06-29
GB2087426A (en) 1982-05-26
FR2491949B1 (en) 1983-09-02
PT73816B (en) 1983-01-17
ZA816992B (en) 1983-02-23
AU7627981A (en) 1982-04-22
ES8207215A1 (en) 1982-09-01
LU83698A1 (en) 1982-02-18
IT8124460A0 (en) 1981-10-13
IN157107B (en) 1986-01-18
IT1140458B (en) 1986-09-24
DE3140095A1 (en) 1982-05-06
CH649310A5 (en) 1985-05-15
BE890704A (en) 1982-02-01
PT73816A (en) 1981-11-01
FR2491949A1 (en) 1982-04-16
DK454381A (en) 1982-04-15
GB2087426B (en) 1984-04-26
JPS5794278A (en) 1982-06-11
ES506209A0 (en) 1982-09-01

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0245301B1 (en) Process for producing a carbon dioxide-containing hop-molt drink and distribution device for this drink
EP2424390B1 (en) Production of nonalcoholic beverages by fermentation
JPS58121779A (en) Production of alcohol free beverage
JP3507499B2 (en) Non-alcoholic soft drink
DE2437404A1 (en) METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A NEUTRAL TASTING ALCOHOLIC SUBSTRATE AND THE PRODUCT CONTAINED THEREOF
CA1173289A (en) Beverage process and product
US4021580A (en) Preparation of an alcoholic malt beverage base
EP2330929B1 (en) Method for producing non-alcoholic beverages by fermentation
CN1115785A (en) Honeyed fruit-juice wine and its making method
US4981700A (en) Process for producing sparkling wines
KR20010106705A (en) A traditinonal liquor manufacturing method using optia fiacus midia(CACTUS) as principal ingredient
US4476144A (en) Process for producing concentrated shoyu
DE3506198A1 (en) Process for producing alcohol-free beer
KR102572606B1 (en) Method of manufacturing distilled liquor
DE202009010718U1 (en) Fermented non-alcoholic ready-made drink
RU2222589C1 (en) Method for producing vodka "simbirskaya osobaya"
RU2098468C1 (en) Method for producing weak alcoholic fizzy drink
RU2096446C1 (en) Method for brewing beer
RU2343189C1 (en) Method of honey wine production
RU2076901C1 (en) Method for producing alcoholic beverage
SU1613103A1 (en) Method of producing nonalcoholic beverage
RU2157830C1 (en) Method of production of special vodka
RU2151182C1 (en) Method of vodka production
RU2290432C1 (en) Method for producing vodka "slavyanka"
RU2077565C1 (en) Method of preparing alcoholic drink and an alcoholic drink (variants)

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MKEC Expiry (correction)
MKEX Expiry
MKEX Expiry

Effective date: 20010910