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Protein-thiols in beer and throughout <strong>the</strong> brewing process<br />

Signe Hoff 1 , Marianne N Lund 1 , Bir<strong>the</strong> M Jespersen 1 , Mogens L Andersen 1<br />

1 Copenhagen University, Food Science, Frederiksberg, Denmark<br />

Protein-thiols have been suggested to be important antioxidants influencing <strong>the</strong> oxidative stability of<br />

beer. A method for quantification of total soluble protein-derived thiols in wort and beer has been<br />

developed based on HPLC separation and detection of fluorescent adducts with <strong>the</strong> maleimide<br />

compound ThioGlo 1.<br />

The amounts of protein-thiols varied between barley varieties. Increased thiol oxidation were linked to<br />

a lowering of wort filtration rates. Sweet wort was found to contain compounds able to oxidize proteinthiols.<br />

These thiol-oxidizing compounds decreased in activity through increased malt roasting; and<br />

wort boiling eliminated <strong>the</strong>ir activity, suggesting an enzymatic origin of <strong>the</strong> effect.<br />

Thiols have been quantified in beer in various concentrations and correlated to <strong>the</strong> oxidative stability of<br />

<strong>the</strong> beers. The levels of thiols were found to decease during storage, suggesting that thiols are<br />

intermediates in redox reactions during beer staling.<br />

P12<br />

Analysis of flavor active carbonyls in beer by derivatization with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine<br />

and HPLC-ESI-MS/MS<br />

Nina Baumjohann 1 , Diedrich Harms 1<br />

1 VLB Berlin e.V., Central Laboratory, Berlin, Germany<br />

During beer aging plenty of flavor active carbonyls are formed by different degradation processes. Due<br />

to <strong>the</strong>ir very low concentrations affecting <strong>the</strong> quality of beer (e.g. 2-(E)-nonenal) a sensitive analysis<br />

method is needed. The aim of this work is to develop a robust option for <strong>the</strong> determination of flavor<br />

active carbonyls as addition or alternative to laborious GC-MS routine analysis methods.<br />

After a preliminary matrix separation, a selective derivatization of carbonyls is effected by <strong>the</strong> use of<br />

<strong>the</strong> reagent 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine (2,4-DNPH). For a sensitive determination of <strong>the</strong> formed<br />

derivatives high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray-ionization and tandem<br />

mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) is used. By applying <strong>the</strong> multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)<br />

<strong>the</strong> selectivity is increased. Additionally, unexpected or unknown carbonyls can be discovered by <strong>the</strong><br />

use of different mass spectrometric experiments.<br />

P13<br />

Evaluation of chemical physical stability of craft beers through unconventional methods<br />

Stefano Buiatti 1 , Stefano Bertoli 1 , Paolo Passaghe 1<br />

1 University of Udine, Department of Food Science, Udine, Italy<br />

Aims: The aim of this work was to evaluate <strong>the</strong> colloidal stability of beers correlating EBC methods<br />

(sensitive proteins and Chapon test) to gluten content and antioxidant activity (AA).<br />

Methods: Three beers with different formulations were produced: <strong>the</strong> reference one 100% malted<br />

barley, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two with increasing amounts (20 and 40%) of buckwheat. Chemical physical stability<br />

was evaluated using four indices: sensitive proteins, alcohol chill haze test, gluten content and<br />

antioxidant activity. T-test was applied for statistical analysis.<br />

Results: Both gluten analysis and antioxidant activity measurements showed a correlation with data<br />

obtained with EBC methods.<br />

Conclusions: The analysis of gluten and AA may be used as qualitative and predicitive indexes of<br />

stability being more specific than sensitive proteins and Chapon test. The use of gluten free adjuncts<br />

could lead to more stable final products with a gluten content less than 100 mg/L.

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