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Aroma and sensory characteristics of Slavonian plum brandy

Quality of plum brandy is influenced by many factors, such as: climate characteristics, soil characteristics, characteristics of plum (Prunus domestica) varieties and technological characteristics of manufacturing process. The aim of this work was determination of the quality of Croatian “home-made” plum brandies produced by authentic production process from the Croatian region of Slavonia. For detection of volatile flavor components and quality of plum brandy, gas-chromatography and sensory analysis were applied. Home-made Croatian plum brandies as distillates of Prunus domestica contain numerous ingredients. Some of these ingredients are desirable and important for the quality of distillates, and some are undesirable. The obtained results show that all samples had a higher content of aldehydes and higher alcohols, ethanol content was in range 43.02 – 44.5 % vol.

plum brandy ; quality ; flavor

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