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. 2021 Apr 15;69(16):4816–4826. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c00679

Table 3. Amounts of Metabolites (mmol/L) Quantitated by NMR in the Regular (PA100, PA95, and PA85) Craft Beers and Loss % in the Low Alcoholic (LA-PA100, LA-PA95, and LA-PA) Craft Beersa.

metabolite PA100 (mmol/L) PA95 (mmol/L) PA85 (mmol/L) LA-PA100 (loss %) LA-PA95 (Loss %) LA-PA85 (Loss %)
EtOH 1120.3 ± 50.0a 1154.8 ± 2.3a 1165.8 ± 31.5a 80 90 88
isobutanol 0.61 ± 0.01a 0.68 ± 0.01b 0.74 ± 0.02b 84 85 81
isopentanol 0.75 ± 0.01a 0.90 ± 0.04b 0.88 ± 0.03b 77 88 84
propanol 0.49 ± 0.02a 0.49 ± 0.03a 0.50 ± 0.05a 77 88 89
2-phenylethanol 0.42 ± 0.006a 0.48 ± 0.004a 0.52 ± 0.040a 27 40 59
Amino Acids
alanine 0.15 ± 0.01a 0.15 ± 0.01a 0.30 ± 0.004b 72 62 83
proline 3.66 ± 0.14a 3.17 ± 0.06b 3.35 ± 0.04 ab 19 15 36
pyroglutamate 1.58 ± 0.04a 1.62 ± 0.02a 1.61 ± 0.09a 30 21 26
tyrosine 0.32 ± 0.02a 0.32 ± 0.01a 0.35 ± 0.03a 30 32 53
histidine 0.19 ± 0.01a 0.20 ± 0.01a 0.21 ± 0.01a nd nd nd
GABA nq nq nq      
phenylalanine nq nq nq      
valine nq nq nq      
Organic Acids
acetic A 1.47 ± 0.02 ab 1.40 ± 0.02a 1.60 ± 0.05b 52 48 61
lacticA 4.85 ± 0.10a 4.21 ± 0.004b 4.33 ± 0.03b 9 11 –25
pyruvic A 0.86 ± 0.03a 0.80 ± 0.003ab 0.74 ± 0.01b 0 0 –42
succinic A 2.63 ± 0.09a 2.94 ± 0.03b 3.12 ± 0.09b 0 0 30
fumaric A 0.038 ± 0.002a 0.03 ± 0.002a 0.03 ± 0.01a 28 21 0
gallic A 0.15 ± 0.01a 0.16 ± 0.004a 0.17 ± 0.01a 0 0 22
citric A nq nq nq      
Carbohydrates
maltodextrines α(1–6) 25.80 ± 0.74a 28.43 ± 0.03a 28.87 ± 1.68a 0 0 21
reduced end units 15.00 ± 0.45a 18.12 ± 0.08b 17.76 ± 0.75b 18 13 0
maltodextrines α(1–4) 171.12 ± 7.11a 203.63 ± 0.32b 200.26 ± 9.16b 0 0 –15
Nucleosides
adenosine 0.26 ± 0.01a 0.30 ± 0.01b 0.31 ± 0.01b nd nd nd
cytidine 0.35 ± 0.03a 0.29 ± 0.04a 0.25 ± 0.004a 0 0 28
uridine 0.32 ± 0.01a 0.30 ± 0.02a 0.37 ± 0.03a 0 0 58
Miscellaneous
choline 0.43 ± 0.02a 0.38 ± 0.002a 0.40 ± 0.01a 0 0 –14
glycerol 22.88 ± 0.66a 23.94 ± 0.14a 25.02 ± 0.70a 0 0 20
glycinebetaine nq nq nq      
GP-choline 0.93 ± 0.04a 1.10 ± 0.01b 1.21 ± 0.02b 0 8 58
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Values with different lettersa,b within rows are significantly different (p < 0.05); values with ab letters are not significantly different with respect toa andb rows* significant (p < 0.05) loss % (LA-PA vs PA); nd = not detected; nq = not quantified.