{"id":27871,"date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fermentis.com\/characterisation\/"},"modified":"2021-07-02T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T10:05:56","slug":"product-characterisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fermentis.com\/en\/our-company\/research\/product-characterisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Product characterisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-1471563223\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-6\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/characterisation-tasting.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1471563223 {\n  padding-top: 200px;\n}\n#banner-1471563223 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 54% 37%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_302731191\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-653430606\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-653430606 {\n  padding-top: 40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-1327351523\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-214425162\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h1 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:159%;\">Product characterisation<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_302731191 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2020879780\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large\"  id=\"row-592356426\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-731668828\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Product characterisation is probably the most time consuming enterprise managed by the Fermentis R&amp;D team. It is done for all fermented beverages and the amount of work required is extensive.<\/p>\n<p>The basics of product characterisation is understanding how different variables interact and influence each other. At Fermentis, we are more specifically interested in how our yeasts and yeast derivatives will react in different situations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\"><strong>Generating different situations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To create a large number of different situations, just like the ones a brewer or a winemaker might face during the course of their work, we create thousands of beer and wine variations, by changing the initial conditions (wort or must, grape or malt variety, hop additions etc), changing the yeast strain, changing the fermentation conditions (temperature, pitching rate etc) and sometimes by changing yeast derivatives (adding fermentation aids etc).<\/p>\n<p>A simple example, using 3 different initial conditions, 3 yeast strains, 3 conditions and 3 derivatives provides 81 different combinations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\"><strong>Technical and sensory characterisation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For a thorough characterisation, each combination needs to be analysed individually, by looking at the fermentation performance metrics as well as the sensory results, which implies technical and scientific measurements as well as tasting sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The technical characterisation will look into metrics such as ABV and attenuation (and more of course) whereas the sensory characterisation looks into taste and flavour components (fruity flavours, bitterness in beer&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\"><strong>Data compilation and analysis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once all the data is gathered and combined in a database, scientific and statistical studies are made to compare and analyse the different situations in order to identify trends in behaviour and specific ways to enhance sensory flavours or improve fermentation performance.<\/p>\n<p>This can in turn be written in the form of technical papers, be published and revealed at Fermentis Academy events and be used for practical applications to improve our products and services.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1947122774\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Understanding characterisation<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<p>An example in the wine segment.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_509719332\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained-880x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"infography : from yeast strains to wine sensory characterisations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained-880x1024.png 880w, https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained-688x800.png 688w, https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained-1320x1536.png 1320w, https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained-600x698.png 600w, https:\/\/fermentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/characterisation-explained.png 1451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_509719332 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2020879780 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27869,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Product characterisation - Fermentis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Product characterisation is understanding how our yeasts and derivatives will react in different situations. 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