Handray Fernandes de Souza, Giovana Felicio Monteiro, Victor Dédalo Di Próspero Gonçalves, João Vitor Dos Santos, Amanda Cristina Dias de Oliveira, Karina Nascimento Pereira, Mariana Fronja Carosia, Marina Vieira de Carvalho, Igor Viana Brandi, Eliana Setsuko Kamimura
Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage produced by yeast action on a diluted solution of honey. In this study, for the first time, sensory acceptance, purchase intention and color parameters of potentially probiotic mead with Saccharomyces boulardii were evaluated. The mead with S. boulardii presented yeast counts higher than 106 CFU/mL, being considered potentially probiotic, and tended to be yellow in color. About 160 tasters participated in the sensory evaluation, and 69.38% knew mead, but only 35...
June 2024: Food Science and Biotechnology