Research Article

Cocoa’s Residual Honey: Physicochemical Characterization and Potential as a Fermentative Substrate by Saccharomyces cerevisiae AWRI726

Table 2

Consumption of sucrose, glucose, and fructose and the formation of ethanol during submerged fermentation of cocoa’s residual honey by S. cerevisiae AWRI726 (19° Brix, 20°C, and pH 5.0).

Time (h)Sucrose 
(g.L−1)
Glucose 
(g.L−1)
Fructose 
(g.L−1)
Total 
sugar 
(g.L−1)
Ethanol 
( v/v)
Cell 
biomass 
(g.L−1)
Sugar
consumption
()

0147.51±0.4522.98±0.1216.37±0.03186.78±0.190.00±0.000.40±0.030.00
2461.34±0.161.80±0.534.79±0.0267.83±0.216.52±0.223.27±0.1363.69
4850.35±0.551.78±0.164.96±0.1156.99±0.2510.56±0.335.67±0.0169.52
7242.84±0.671.67±0.065.68±0.1450.00±0.2710.37±0.505.47±0.0673.22
9636.04±1.151.58±0.035.88±0.0243.31±0.3111.64±0.506.27±0.2576.81
12032.65±0.781.41±0.045.88±0.0139.83±0.2412.85±0.763.47±0.2978.68
14425.34±0.631.35±0.065.86±0.0232.43±0.2114.24±0.536.40±0.0982.65
16818.79±0.511.32±0.046.01±0.0226.06±0.1815.51±0.234.60±0.0686.07
19213.13±0.551.22±0.036.11±0.1020.41±0.1715.79±0.401.13±0.0989.07
2168.80±0.631.24±0.036.12±0.0716.11±0.2015.81±0.612.93±0.2091.38
2400.00±0.000.84±0.054.21±0.305.02±0.0515.96±0.632.73±0.0397.32