Jerusalem artichoke (JA, Helianthus tuberosus L.) is a promising functional food material. JA consists of inulin and fructo-oligosaccharide which are indigestible carbohydrates in human. Previous research has develop various food products supplemented with JA, however no studies have involved yakju (Korean traditional rice wine) using JA because Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot utilize inulin. We isolated several inulin-degrading non-Saccharomyces yeasts using nuruk (a traditional Korean fermentation starter). The isolate with the highest inulinase activity was Wickerhamomyces anomalus JS01 with 538.14 Unit/mL after 72 hours of incubation. To identify whether the inulin-degrading non-Saccharomyces yeast could improve yakju quality, W. anomalus JS01 and S. cerevisiae KMBL7001 were co-fermented to produce yakju supplemented with JA. We investigated the fermentation characteristics. At the completion of the fermentation process, the yakju co-fermented with W. anomalus JS01 and S. cerevisiae KMBL7001 (co-fermented yakju) had similar fermentation characteristics including pH, reducing sugar, alcohol, and organic acid contents compared to yakju fermented with S. cerevisiae KMBL7001 (control yakju). Moreover, co-fermented yakju had higher total amino acid contents compared with the control yakju. The W. anomalus JS01 digested some inulin into fructose which was fermented. Conversely, the control wine did not ferment any inulin during fermentation. As a result of the sensory evaluation, the co-fermented yakju obtained higher scores in all the sensory categories, suggesting that supplementing with JA and utilizing inulin-degrading yeast could improve yakju quality.
Jerusalem artichoke (JA, Helianthus tuberosus L.) has a great potential to enhance the quality of yakju due to the plentiful inulin content which is functional and indigestible carbohydrate in human. In this study, the optimal preparation conditions such as the added amount and steam treatment of JA were investigated to improve the quality of yakju. As the amount of JA added to yakju increased, alcohol production decreased, whereas fermentation was performed well when the steam-cooked JA was added to yakju. The pH and total acidity of yakju decreased and increased, respectively, when the amount of JA added to yakju increased, whereas pH and total acidity of yakju increased and decreased, respectively, when the steam-cooked JA was added to yakju. The free sugar and organic acid contents of yakju increased and decreased, respectively, when the amount of JA added to yakju increased, whereas those of yakju decreased when the steam-cooked JA was added to Yakju. Amino acid content of JA decreased as the amount of JA added to yakju increased and that of JA significantly decreased when the steam-cooked JA was added to yakju. In the sensory evaluation analysis, the addition of 10% unsteam-cooked JA to yakju was the best when considering sweetness, flavor, sourness, and overall preference of yakju supplemented with JA. Consequently, utilizing JA to yakju may contribute to the improvement of the quality of yakju.
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