Table 3.

Fermentation profiles in brewed sake with K-9 and K-9-AZC

Parameter	Sake yeast strain
	K-9	K-9-AZC
Sake meter	21.8 ± 0.3	22.1 ± 0.2
Ethanol (vol%)	14.8 ± 0.0	14.8 ± 0.0
Acidity	1.71 ± 0.06	1.38 ± 0.03
Amino acid content	1.00 ± 0.02	1.06 ± 0.01
Organic acid (mg/l)
Citrate	66 ± 1	69 ± 1
2-Oxoglutarate	12 ± 1	9 ± 1
Succinate	464 ± 23	349 ± 11
Fumarate	2 ± 0	2 ± 0
Malate	134 ± 3	141 ± 3
Amino acid (mg/l)
Glutamate	77 ± 2	57 ± 4
Proline	182 ± 8	679 ± 7

The values are the means and standard deviations of results from three independent experiments