{"id":10228,"date":"2022-03-28T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/?p=10228"},"modified":"2022-03-28T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:28:30","slug":"researchers-make-non-alcoholic-beer-taste-like-regular-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/researchers-make-non-alcoholic-beer-taste-like-regular-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers make non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-10228'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\"><div id=\"ads-slider-28\" class=\"custom-slider ads-slider-1861463435 ads-slider\"><ul><li><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/goto\/?308404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/308404.jpg\" alt=\"Free from food\" title=\"Free from food\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/li><li><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/click.php?banner=302805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/302805.jpg\" alt=\"LUBRIPLATE\" title=\"LUBRIPLATE\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/li><li><div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"ads-41841848\"><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/click.php?banner=297426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/297426.jpg\" alt=\"Click here for more information!\" title=\"Click here for more information!\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $adsslider1861463435 = jQuery( \".ads-slider-1861463435\" );$adsslider1861463435.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$adsslider1861463435.unslider({ delay:5000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$adsslider1861463435.on(\"mouseover\", function(){$adsslider1861463435.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$adsslider1861463435.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h1 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">Researchers make non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer<\/h1><span class=\"post-meta-infos\">\/ <span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/category\/e-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">E-News<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Even though sales of non-alcoholic beer have risen substantially in Denmark and Europe in the last couple of years, there are still many people that won\u2019t follow the healthy trend because they find the taste not to be quite as good as that of regular beers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some people find the taste to be flat and watery and this has a natural explanation, according to Sotirios Kampranis, a Professor at the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat non-alcoholic beer lacks is the aroma from hops. When you remove the alcohol from the beer, for example by heating it up, you also kill the aroma that comes from hops. Other methods for making alcohol-free beer by minimizing fermentation also lead to poor aroma because alcohol is needed for hops to pass their unique flavor to the beer,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Kampranis and his colleague Simon Duss\u00e9aux \u2013 both founders of the biotech company EvodiaBio \u2013 have cracked the code of how to make non-alcoholic beer that is full of hop aroma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter years of research, we have found a way to produce a group of small molecules called monoterpenoids, which provide the hoppy-flavour, and then add them to the beer at the end of the brewing process to give it back its lost flavour. No one has been able to do this before, so it\u2019s a game changer for non-alcoholic beer,\u201d says Kampranis.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of adding expensive aroma hops in the brewing tank, just to \u201cthrow away\u201d their flavour at the end of the process, the researchers have turned baker\u2019s yeast cells into micro-factories [1] that can be grown in fermenters and release the aroma of hops, they state in a new study published in Nature [2].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the hop aroma molecules are released from yeast, we collect them and put them into<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the beer, giving back the taste of regular beer that so many of us know and love. It actually makes the use of aroma hops in brewing redundant, because we only need the molecules passing on the scent and flavor and not the actual hops,\u201d explains Kampranis.<\/p>\n<p><b>More sustainable<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On top of improving the taste of non-alcoholic beer, the method is also far more sustainable than the existing techniques, according to the researchers.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, aroma hops are mainly farmed in the west coast of the U.S., which causes the need for extensive transportation and cooling down the crops in refrigerators.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, hops demand lots of water \u2013 more accurately you need 2,7 tons of water to grow one kilogram of hops. This combined makes it a not very climate-friendly production.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWith our method, we skip aroma hops altogether and thereby also the water and the transportation. This means that one kilogram of hops aroma can be produced with more than 10000 times less water and more than 100 times less CO2,\u201d says Kampranis.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers are pleased to be able to contribute to a much healthier lifestyle and hope that their new invention will help more people cut down on alcohol because now they will have equally delicious alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong term, we hope to change the brewing industry with our method \u2013 also the production of regular beer, where the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>use of aroma hops is also very wasteful,\u201d says Kampranis.<\/p>\n<p>The method is already being tested in breweries in Denmark and the plan is to have the technique ready for the entire brewing industry in October this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>References<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2013968117\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2013968117<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-021-01202-0\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-021-01202-0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_social_share  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/fei-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_491005642-scaled.jpg' alt='' title='Hand,Holding,A,Mug,Of,Beer,Toasting' height=\"2558\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-minimal '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/researchers-make-non-alcoholic-beer-taste-like-regular-beer\/&#038;t=Researchers%20make%20non-alcoholic%20beer%20taste%20like%20regular%20beer' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Researchers%20make%20non-alcoholic%20beer%20taste%20like%20regular%20beer&#038;url=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/?p=10228' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Twitter' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-whatsapp' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on WhatsApp\" href='https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/researchers-make-non-alcoholic-beer-taste-like-regular-beer\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\uf232' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on WhatsApp' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on WhatsApp<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Researchers%20make%20non-alcoholic%20beer%20taste%20like%20regular%20beer&#038;url=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/researchers-make-non-alcoholic-beer-taste-like-regular-beer\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-mail' ><a  aria-label=\"Share by Mail\" href='mailto:?subject=Researchers%20make%20non-alcoholic%20beer%20taste%20like%20regular%20beer&#038;body=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/researchers-make-non-alcoholic-beer-taste-like-regular-beer\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share by Mail'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share by Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; 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