Sensory Characteristics of Citrus Vinegar fermented by Gluconacetobacter hansenii CV1

Citrus juice, a concentrate manufactured by the Jeju Provincial Corporation, was converted into vinegar orderly by alcohol and acetate fermentation. The juice with a 6-fold dilution by distilled water was used as the sole nutrient source throughout the experiments. The diluted juice contained 12.96Brix of total sugar, $0.632\%$ of total acid and $20.23{\mu}g/ml$ of hesperidin. Naringin was not detected from the juice. Citrus wine having $5.6\~6.3\%$ alcohol was produced from the diluted juice after 3 days of fermentation at $28^{\circ}C$. A kind of citrus-malomelo-yeast CMY-28 was used for the wine fermentation. The wine was successfully fermented for 8 days at $30^{\circ}C$ after inoculation of seed vinegar which contained active cells of acid producing bacteria CV1. The inoculum size of the seed vinegar was controlled to $10\%$(v/v) of the citrus wine. The wine was converted into vinegar by the fermentation process. Citrus vinegar, the final fermentation product, was colored with very thin, radish-yellow and was transparent. It's acidity ranged between $5.8\~6.2\%$ of that of acetic acid. The vinegar attained the best score by sensory test among several natural fruit vinegars. It was clear from the results that high quality citrus vinegar could be produced from concentrated citrus juice. However, the fermentation conditions should be improved to reduce the amount of reducing alcohol.

제주 감귤식초 발효균주 선발

제주산 감귤과즙을 이용하여 감귤식초를 제조할 목적으로 식초산 발효균 CV1과 CV2를 분리하고 식초산 생성능력을 산업적으로 이용되고 있는 균주와 비교 검정하고 165 rDNA 염기서열을 분석하고 동정하였다. 분리균은 8일간의 발효에 의하여 산도 $5.5\%$ 이상의 식초산을 생성하였으며, 감귤식초 발효에는 사과식초나 감식초 발효에 이용되고 있는 균주 보다 더욱 적합한 것으로 판정되었다. 분리한 균주는 Gluconacetobacter hanenii(CV2) 및 G. hanenii의 변이주(CV1)로 동정되었다.