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Investigation of Commercial Citrus Fruits Vinegar Products’ Qualities
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Recently, fruit vinegar made from fruit wine has been famous due to its health function and nutrition. Therefore, there are many fruit vinegar products manufactured by major big food companies and small company as well as one person through the internet shopping mall. In this study, 4 type citrus fruits vinegar (grapefruit, tangerine, orange, lemon) were investigated to find out the quality of vinegar for consumers’ wise selection. Commercial vinegar which are commonly produced by fermenting mixture of brown rice vinegar with fruit extracts were analyzed that sugar content, pH, acidity, turbidity, DPPH assay, FRAP assay, TPC and manufacture method. Among all samples, 4 tangerine vinegar acidity were suit with standard quality (4~29%) by MFDS. pH scale of all vinegar was from 2.76 to 3.48 and lemon vinegar was lowest. Average sugar content (brix%) was lowest at tangerine vinegar as 17.4. In the DPPH radical scavenging activity, there was no significant difference at all samples. In the TPC study and FRAP assay, lemon vinegar showed the highest value, while grapefruit, tangerine, and orange vinegar were not significantly different. From the result, product type, and qualities and suitability as vinegar product of various citrus fruits vinegar were observed and it was found that although product name is ‘vinegar’, some vinegar products were not suit with standard quality (acidity%).
