Journal
FOODS
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods10123057
Keywords
beer; flavor stability; lager yeast; ARTP; DNP
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Funding
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [111-2-06]
- National High Technology Research and Development program 863 [2018YFD0400403]
- National Science Foundation [31771963, 31901626]
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The study developed a novel method to enhance flavor stability of beer by mutagenesis and selection, resulting in strains with higher NADH levels. The optimal strain, YDR-63, showed improved fermentation performance and enhanced flavor stability in forced aging assay, demonstrating efficiency and versatility of the new approach in developing strains for the beer industry.
Flavor stability is important for beer quality and extensive efforts have been undertaken to improve this. In our previous work, we proved a concept whereby metabolic engineering lager yeast with increased cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydride (NADH) availability could enhance the flavor stability of beer. However, the method for breeding non-genetically modified strains with higher NADH levels remains unsolved. In the current study, we reported a novel approach to develop such strains based on atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) mutagenesis coupled with 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) selection. As a result, we obtained a serial of strains with higher NADH levels as well as improved flavor stability. For screening an optimal strain with industrial application potential, we examined the other fermentation characteristics of the mutants and ultimately obtained the optimal strain, YDR-63. The overall fermentation performance of the strain YDR-63 in pilot-scale fermentation was similar to that of the parental strain YJ-002, but the acetaldehyde production was decreased by 53.7% and the resistance staling value of beer was improved by 99.8%. The forced beer aging assay further demonstrated that the favor stability was indeed improved as the contents of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in YDR-63 was less than that in YJ-002 and the sensory notes of staling was weaker in YDR-63. We also employed this novel approach to another industrial strain, M14, and succeeded in improving its flavor stability. All the findings demonstrated the efficiency and versatility of this new approach in developing strains with improved flavor stability for the beer industry.
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