Bitter issue
Hello everybody! I have been worked with apple juices made from pulp. Lately my product start to develop a bitter taste, after 2 weeks approx. Does anyone hear…
- ali çardak reply
There are many reasons for the bitterness in apple juice. Unfused fruit, fermentation or inadequate clarification during processing. This includes errors in enzyme use. Let me hel…
- Juan Pablo Maldonado reply
Hi thanks for your help!, as i mentioned before, at the first the taste is typical fruit, but in a period of time star appear the bitter taste, without astringency. At the first I…
- ali çardak reply
If turbidity has started in the product you have made, you have probably experienced failure in the clarification phase. Enzymatic activity continues or you may have done insuffic…
- Juan Pablo Maldonado reply
Hi, I have not observed turbidity in my product. However, it is hard to say, because I mix the pulp with water. do you know if there are an analysis that could confirm the excess…
- ali çardak reply
Such bitterness is usually pectin based. If the fruit you are using is not fully ripe, you may experience such problems. But the main thing to look at is the clarification part.
- Food & Material Scientist reply
how about adding some calcium salt and binding the pectin and removing the same.
- Food R&D Emeritus reply
Bitterness can.be also due to high tannin content of the a fruit.