Table 2.
Changes in organic acid content of mash based on varying amount of water added
Compounds | Organic acid concentration (mg/100 mL) |
120% | 150% | 180% | 200% | 250% | 300% |
Oxalic | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Citric | n.d.b | 11.52±0.79a | 11.54±0.52a | 10.97±1.66a | 10.00±2.48a | 11.48±0.56a |
Tartaric | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Malic | 35.87±0.37a | 40.80±4.02a | 37.72±1.95a | 34.05±8.88a | 29.81±4.21a | 37.64±15.39a |
Succinic | 91.71±6.70a | 87.95±1.37a | 88.34±5.00a | 82.80±2.46a | 80.53±3.91a | 77.68±4.47a |
Fumaric | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Lactic | 61.25±13.44a | 75.70±1.44a | 80.24±0.01a | 72.10±5.79a | 69.99±1.63a | 71.06±8.39a |
Formic | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Acetic | 19.02±15.50a | 6.41±3.36a | 4.22±2.09a | 4.64±0.85a | 4.01±1.16a | 6.52±0.08a |
Pyroglutamic | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Total | 207.85±5.01a | 222.38±8.10a | 222.06±0.43a | 204.56±19.65a | 194.34±1.71a | 204.37±27.75a |
n.d. means not detected.
Values represent means±standard deviations.
Within-the-column values indicated by lowercase letters (a,b) are significantly different (p<0.05).