Sensory study of alcoholic beverages mangaba (Hancornia speciosa Gomes)

Abstract Mangaba is a nutritionally rich fruit with very distinctive sensory aspects, presenting itself as a potential raw material for the development of new products, such as alcoholic beverages, mainly alcoholic fermented fruit drinks. Thus, the present study aims to develop and analyze microbiologically and sensorially different alcoholic ferments of mangaba. Four fermented formulations were elaborated with variation of the initial soluble solids content and yeast concentration (F1 - smaller soluble solids content/ smaller yeast concentration; F2 - smaller soluble solids content / higher yeast concentration ; F3- higher soluble solids content/ smaller yeast concentration; F4 - higher soluble solids content / higher yeast concentration), according to the process described in the patent “mangaba alcoholic fermented drink”. Microbiological analysis was performed for total and thermotolerant coliforms, enterobacteria, filamentous and non-filamentous fungi, Staphylococcus coagulase positive and Salmonella sp. Sensory analysis was performed with untrained evaluators. The sensory results were treated by the Tukey test and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The results showed that all beverages presented