Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Bioconversion of Papaya Peel Waste in to Vinegar Using Acetobacter Aceti

Vikas . O. V, Mridul Umesh

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Vinegar is one among the organic acid based product with many potential industrial applications in the fields of food, chemical, faication and therapeutics. Vinegar production essentially involves the anaerobic conversion of sugars to ethanol and the subsequent aerobic oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid. In spite of its potential application, the cost of production remains as a major hindrance for large scale production especially in developing and under developed countries. The main focus of this research work is to carry out the fermentative production of vinegar using the discarded papaya peel waste. The precise nutritive composition in the peels was analyzed prior to fermentation. The anaerobic fermentation yielded 8.11% of alcohol content. The titrable acidity after acetic acid fermentation was found to be 5.23%. Thus the present study highlights a methodology of recycling peel waste rather than its careless discharge which ings a lot of environmental issues.

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VIKAS .O.V,MRIDUL UMESH Bioconversion of Papaya Peel Waste in to Vinegar Using Acetobacter Aceti International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 11 November 2014

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