Kvasny Prum. 1997; 43(3): 67-70 | DOI: 10.18832/kp1997005

Colour Changes during Chemical and Photochemical Oxidation of Beer.Peer-reviewed article

J. ŠAVEL, D. ZDVIHALOVÁ, M. PROKOPOVÁ

Colour changes of unhopped and hopped wort, beer, wine and tea were found to be dependent on the dissolved oxygen content and irradiation in visible spectrum. Absorbance at 380 nm was found to decrease oř increase in dependence on the sort of an irradiated beverage. The increase of absorbance is probably connected with phenolic compound oxidation while its decrease with melanoidin oř in grater detail unidentified hop, eventually wine substances oxidation. A similar progress of absorbance like in irridiated samples is possible to induce by chemical oxidation of beverages with ammonium peroxodisulfate
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Keywords: beer, colour, changes, chemical and photochemical oxidation

Published: March 1, 1997