Patent · US Expired

Preparation of beer with reduced calories

US4138499A · kind A · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Pabst Brewing Company · US

Inventors

Karl M. Strauss · Milwaukee, US
Harold H. Geller · Glendale, US
Bernd Wagner · Denzlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 1977
Grant date	Feb 6, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 14, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12C12/02
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A low dextrin and low carbohydrate beer having reduced calories is produced by fermenting wort with yeast in the absence of readily fermentable carbohydrates so that the yeast act on fermentable ingredients in the wort other than readily fermentable carbohydrates. After fermenting a major portion of fermentable ingredients, there is added to the resulting alcoholic wort a quantity of one or more readily fermentable sugars and fermentation is continued until the real degree of fermentation is at least 80%. By this process a low calorie beer can be prepared without the use of a carbohydrate splitting enzyme such as amyloglucosidase.

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