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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298625303321

Autore

Giudici Paolo

Titolo

Balsamic Vinegars : Tradition, Technology, Trade / / by Paolo Giudici, Federico Lemmetti, Stefano Mazza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-13758-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

664.55

Soggetti

Food—Biotechnology

Microbiology

Food Science

Applied Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Vinegar: definition, diffusion and use -- History of balsamic vinegars -- The balsamic family.-Balsamic production: raw materials and processes -- Traditional Balsamic: Vinegar as coded by us -- The ageing of balsamics: residence time, maturity, and yield -- Sensorial properties and evaluation of balsamic vinegars -- "Balsamic": a global debate.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a clear description of all the balsamic vinegars and/or similar products produced in the world, their differences in composition, quality and use. This encompasses all the steps for the production of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar: grape composition, crushing, concentration of the must, alcoholic and acetic fermentation, ageing, sensorial properties and quality of the final product. This book covers extensively all the balsamic vinegars, especially the industrial ones that have a really large market and diffusion.