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    ZentralbI. MikrobioI.

    7

    1992),

    51 6

    Gustav Fischer Verlag lena

    [Istituto di Microbiologia Agraria e Tecnica, Universita di Bologna, Italia, Istituto di Industrie Agrarie,

    Universita di Bologna]

    Microbiological Research on Soft Drinks: Discolouring of Natural-

    Flavoured Products

    Grur ro CES RE

    TURTUR

    and A

    TTILE

    MINGUZZI

    With 2 Figures

    ey words discolouring of soft drinks, effects of sunlight, heat and yeasts

    ummary

    The results of experiments testing the effects of yeasts, sunlight, and temperature on the food dyes

    tartrazinc, ponceau 4R, indigotin and azorubine used for colouring ginger soft drink) are reported. Light was

    found to exert a greater influence than heat, and yeasts growth hastened colour degradation. Yeasts assimila

    ted to varying extent the colouring compounds and, when failing to do it, showed a certain power of

    adsorption by the no longer viable cells.

    usammenfassung

    Experirnentell wurde der EinfluB von Hefen, Sonnenlicht und Temperatur auf die Lebensmittelfarbstoffe

    Tartrazin, Ponceau 4R, Indigotin und Azorubin gepriift, die Erfrischungsgetranken zugesetzt werden. Licht

    zeigte einen starkeren EinfluB als Warme. Hefewachstum beschleunigte den Farbstoffabbau. Hefen assimilier

    ten die getesteten Farbstoffe in unterschiedlichem AusmaB. Waren sie dazu unfahig, so konnten sie nicht mehr

    lebcnsfahigen Zellen den Farbstoff absorbieren.

    The legislation governing the manufacture and sale of non-alcoholic beverages in Italy

    D.P.R. 19 maggio 1958 n 719) includes an extensive array of products whose composition

    ranges from the richest in fruit juices to the richest in fruit juices to the poorest ones,

    containing sugar, citric or tartaric acid and sundry flavourings

    TURTUR

    and S M J

    19 75a ). Practically c ol ourne ss, soft drinks are usually enric hed with c ol ouri ng agents to

    enhance their appeal. The food colouring substances permitted by the country s legislation

    D .M. 22 di cem bre 1967) must re spond to given purity requirements that, effectively, ban

    mineral and organic c ompounds d ee me d harmful to huma n healt h

    ZONT

    A and

    ST NCHER

    1989).

    Non-alcohol ic beverages can be altered by acidophilic microorganisms - yeast espe

    cially

    TURTUR

    and S M J 975b when their generally is higher than 2.5

    TURTUR and S M J 1978a). Obviously the intensity of microbial growth is related to the

    richness of t hei r nutrient content TURTUR and

    S M J 978b; TURTUR

    and

    S M J

    1978c;

    TURTUR

    and

    S M J

    1978d;

    TURTUR

    and

    S M J

    1979;

    TURTUR

    and

    S M J

    1984; TURTUR and M SS 1987; TURTUR et al. 1988).

    A

    discolouring of non-alcoholic beverages is a common occurrence, even when colou

    ring agents other than those permitted today which must be listed on labels) are used.

    Physico-chemical and microbiological factors are involved: among the former are molecular

    instability of colouring agents to light, heat and oxygen and their insolubilization when metal

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    C. TURTURA und A. MINGUZZI

    ions (iron in particular) are present in water; among the latter are degradation and adsorption

    by contaminating microorganisms.

    The present study aimed to investigate the stability of the four most common colouring

    agents used by the italian industry, i.e., tartrazine, azorubine, ponceau

    and indigotin, for

    the production of naturally flavoured, artificially coloured soft drinks. Exposure to sunlight,

    temperature and contaminating yeasts were considered.

    teri ls nd ethods

    Sample testing

    a) A first set of twelve samples AI -Ad from a lot of a carbonated (pH 3.5) ginger soft drink, in plain

    glass, 120-ml commercial bottles, sealed with crown caps and kept in light at room temperature, were assayed

    six months after bottling, i.e. immediately before shelf-life deadline date. Table I shows the label-listed

    colouring agents and their concentrations, employed to give the beverage its original dark red hue.

    All the samples showed evident signs of decolouration, ranging from a slight fading of the original hue to a

    greenish-yellow of varying shade and intensity. Samples A

    A

    10

    showed a sediment formed by dark red lumps

    of variable number and size; there was no sediment in samples All and A

    lz.

    Because of blastomycetic cells were seen in the deposited material, microbiological analysis of the twelve

    samples was made using yeast extract - malt extract agar WICKERHAM 1951) adjusted to pH 5. Isolated strains

    were cultivated in malt extract LODDER and KREGER-VAN

    Rtr

    1952) at pH 5 and identified according to WALT

    and YARROW (1984). The liquid of these samples was subjected to spectrophotometry analysis.

    b) A second set of twelve samples (BI- B12) was taken from a lot of freshly bottled ginger drink showing no

    visible signs of alteration. The samples BI- B

    6

    were exposed to sunlight, while samples B

    7

    -

    B

    12

    were similarly

    exposed, but covered with a thin sheet of aluminium. This exposition lasted two months.

    Preparation of colouring-agent solutions

    The individual colouring agents were prepared separately in aqueous solutions, adjusted with citric acid to

    pH 3.5, and blended in the proportions most commonly employed in the soft-drink industry to colour ginger

    beverage. These solutions were used for maximal adsobancy determination and for studying the effects of light

    and temperature on their degradation. The solutions were therefore divided into two batches, which were

    exposed as indicated before.

    The tests were carried out in June, July and August - a period with a maximum temperature difference of

    nearly 20 QC Through the test period all samples were measured for colouring agent intensity, the readings

    being taken at peak-absorption wavelenght at four day intervals. The pH and the amounts of the dissolved

    oxygen were measured too, but their levels remained unchanged.

    Microbiological assays

    The effects of the yeasts on the colouring agents were studied using the synthetic medium of

    WILLIAMS

    et

    a . (1941) modified as follows: sucrose 100g, monopotassium phosphate (KH

    2P04

    )

    I g, magnesium chloride

    (MgCl

    z

    6H

    20

    0.25 g, calcium chloride (CaCl

    z)

    0.25 g, boric acid (H

    3B 03

    ) 0.001 g, manganese chloride

    (MnCh 4H

    z

    O 0.001 g, iron chloride (FeCI

    3

    6H

    z

    O 0.0005 g, potassium iodide (KJ) 0.0001 g, zinc chloride

    (ZnCh) 0.0001 g, traces of copper sulphate (CUS04 5H

    z

    O), traces of thallium chloride (TaCl

    s),

    biotin

    0,025 mg, distilled water 1000 m .

    Adjusted with citric acid to pH 3.5 , this NF (nitrogen-free) medium was enriched either with

    2 4g

    ammonium nitrate per liter (AN medium) or with

    6g

    yeast extract (Difco) per liter (YE medium). The four

    colouring agents under study were added to the three nutrient solutions at the concentrations used in the industry

    and in all possible combinations: 15 solutions were thus obtained and studied.

    The nutrient solutions were inoculated with a strain of

    cch romyces cerevisi e

    (10

    4

    cells/ml) which had

    been isolated from the flocculent sediment of a contamined sample. Cultured repeatedly in liquid malt extract,

    this strain showed the formation of a pulverulent sediment typical of

    cch romyces cerevisi e

    ZAMBONELLI

    1988). The nutrient solutions were examined after two months incubation in the dark at

    25C

    for sediment and

    discolouring, and then measured at the peak absorption wavelength of each dye.

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    The differences in discolouration of the three nutrient solutions were compared in a series of Wilcoxon s

    sample-dependent parameter tests SIEGEL1980). The data from the spectrophotometry and appearance analyses

    were processed separately. For the latter the quality rating were translated into values on the following scale: 0

    uncertain discolouring; I-very slight discolouring; 2-slight discolouring; 3-discolouring; 4-marked discolou

    ring; 5-total discolouring.

    esults and iscussion

    Identification of microorganisms

    The sediments of the altered samples Aj-A

    lO

    showed yeast cells with a degraded structure;

    nonetheless numerous strains were isolated and ascribed to Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Sucrose was one of the sugars fermented. Given its geographic distribution in Italy C STELLI

    1954 Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the yeasts most often responsible for the

    contamination of both fruit juices and aroma-based soft drinks LLOYD 1975; TURTUR and

    S M J 1978a; COMI et al. 1981). The isolation of yeasts from the sediment-free samples

    ll

    and

    A

    l

    was negative. These samples were commercially sterile and free even of previous,

    aborted microbe growth.

    Dyes solutions: effects of light and temperature

    Light and heat markedly influenced discolouration, the extent of their effects obviously

    depending on dye Tab. 2 and 3). Table 2 shows that their influence is fairly strong on

    tartrazine and azorubine and devastating on indigotin and ponceau R Comparing tables 2 and

    Table 2. Influence of light and temperature on colouring agent degradation.

    Colouring agent

    max

    Absorbance

    initial final

    Tartrazine

    425 2.000 1.852

    7.4

    Ponceau 4R

    505 1.300 0.000 100.0

    Indigotin

    610 2.150 0.000 100.0

    Azorubine

    515 1.480 1.288

    13.0

    Table 3. Influence of temperature on colouring agent degradation.

    Colouring agent

    max

    Absorbance

    initial

    final

    Tartrazine

    425

    2.000 1.980

    1.0

    Ponceau 4R

    505

    1.300 1.270

    2.3

    Indigotin

    610

    2.150 0.000

    100.0

    Azorubine

    515 1.480

    1.435

    3.0

    3 one sees that colour degradation is almost exclusively to be attributed to light exposure,

    being very weak the effect of heat. Indigotin is the only exception, the effects of light and heat

    matching only apparently see faster degradation patterns in Figs. 1 and 2 when both are

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    c 0 0 I

    2.0

    1.5

    W

    0

    Z

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    G. C.

    TURTURA

    und A. MINGUZZI

    Table 4.

    Colouring agents compared a different stage of alteration.

    Groups

    Colour

    Tartrazine Ponceau

    4R Indigotin

    Azorubine

    of samples

    Liquid

    Sediment

    AI)

    AI)

    AI)

    AI)

    AI, A

    6

    Yellow-orange Dark red

    0.569

    25 0.081

    77

    0.000

    0.182

    50

    A

    z.

    A

    7

    , A

    9

    Yellow Dark red 0.523

    31

    0.046

    87 0.000 100 0.189 48

    A

    3

    , As As

    Dark yellow Dark red 0.553

    27

    0.041

    88

    0.000

    0.175 52

    A

    4

    , A

    IO

    Greenish-yellow Brownish

    0.553

    27 0.007

    98

    0.000

    100

    0.153

    58

    All

    Pale pink Absent

    0.605

    20

    0.138 60 0.000 100 0.218 40

    A

    l2

    Orange Absent 0.582 23 0.128

    63

    0.000

    100

    0.226

    38

    B -B

    6

    )2)

    Unchanged

    Absent

    0.658 13 0.239 31 0.009

    93

    0.346

    5

    B

    7 B 2 3

    Unchanged Absent

    0.756 a

    0.346

    0

    0.132

    a 0.364 a

    I) Absorbance: the values are the ari thmetical mean

    of

    the groups

    2) Samples exposed to light for two months

    3) Samples kept in dark for two months

    concomitant). Whereas colour vanishes under the combined influence of light and heat in about

    15 days, it diminished by only about 2.5 in 10 days and did not vanish until about 70 days

    under heat alone; ponceau 4R, on the other hand, remained unchanged over the first 10 days,

    vanished after about 67 days under heat and light Fig. I), and remained unaltered throughout

    the test period under heat alone Fig. 2). Tartrazine and azorubine, by contrast, showed a

    remarkable stability under all test conditions.

    Marketed samples: effects

    of

    light

    Table 4 lists the results of the spectrophotometry analyses. The samples in the first set

    showed amore or lessmarkeddiscolouration with

    A i A

    w

    and without AI i and A 12 sediment;

    those in the second set which were exposed to light B

    j B

    6

    and dark

    r

    1z

    for two months

    showed no visible alterations

    These findings evidence that: i) the decolouration pattern here closely coincides with that for

    the pure colouring agents, i.e. degradation is limited for tartrazine and azorubine, more marked

    for ponceau 4R and almost complete for indigotin; ii) tartrazine shows the greatest stability in

    light sediment-free samples All and A d and to microorganisms AI-A

    w

    ).

    That the B

    j B

    6

    samples showed no evident colour alterations although the extent of

    tartrazine, azorubine and ponceau 4R degradation is considerable; evidently the complete

    destruction of indigotin is without effect so as to raise the question of its necessity as a colouring

    additive.

    Yeast behaviour

    Table 5 and 6 show the results of spectrophotometry and visual rating colour and sediment)

    of the yeast-inoculated nutrient solutions. In spite od certain discrepancis, the two sets of values

    can be easily integrated and their significance evaluated.

    The Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain showed a flocculent growth: in the inoculated nutrient

    solutions the coloured aggregates cannot be easily dispersed on stirring. The state of cell

    aggregation was similar in appearance and density to that found in samples

    A

    j

    lO

    ;

    this is a

    character difficult to quantify and for which specific research is lacking: deposits of varying

    consistency are formed in relation to nutrient medium condition, i.e. the lack of nutrients and the

    lowering of the

    values to the limits of yeast development

    TuRTuRA

    and

    SAMAJA

    1975a).

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    Table 5. Spectrophotometric analysis of media NF nitrogen-free), AN with ammonium nitrate), YE with

    yeast extract) enriched with tested gyes and inoculated with a strain of cch romyces cerevisi e after two

    months incubation at 25T

    Colouring

    Nutrient solution NF Nutrient solution AN

    Nutrient solution YE

    agents )

    Absorbance

    Absorbance Absorbance

    Control Inoculated

    Control Inoculated Control Inoculated

    T

    0.959 0.959 0

    0.959 0.959 0 0.959 0.237 75

    P

    0.482 0.444 8

    0.482 0.208 57 0.456 0.222 51

    I

    0.061 0.000 100

    0.061 0.000 100

    0.061 0.000

    100

    A 0.036 0.027

    26 0.036 0.009 76

    0.066 0.009

    87

    T

    0.886 0.886 0 0.921

    0.854 7 0.921 0.638 31

    A

    0.041 0.036 12 0.041

    0.018 57 0.046 0.009 81

    T

    1.000 1.000 0

    0.959 0.721 25

    0.921

    0.553 10

    P 0.495 0.495 0

    0.495

    0.260 48 0.495

    0.125 75

    T 0.921

    0.854

    7

    0.921

    0.745 19 0.921 0.553 40

    I

    0.071 0.004 94 0.066

    0.004

    93

    0.066 0.004

    93

    A

    0.044 0.044 0

    0.044 0.035 20

    0.044

    0.035

    20

    P 0.509 0.509 0

    0.509 0.310 39

    0.538 0.347

    36

    A

    0.046

    0.046

    0

    0.046 0.027

    41 0.051

    0.022 56

    I

    0.076

    0.009

    88 0.071

    0.004 94 0.071

    0.004

    94

    P

    0.495 0.456 8

    0.495 0.208 58 0.482 0.208 57

    I

    0.056 0.004

    92

    0.051

    0.004 91 0.051 0.000 100

    T 1.000 1.000 0 0.959 0.678 29 1.000 0.678 32

    A

    0.044

    0.044

    0

    0.044 0.038 14 0.044 0.031 30

    P

    0.523 0.523 0 0.538

    0.301 44 0.523 0.301 43

    T

    0.921 0.921

    0

    0.886

    0.886

    0

    0.921

    0.509

    45

    A

    0.046 0.004

    90

    0.046 0.004 90

    0.046 0.004

    90

    0.066 0.004 93 0.071

    0.009

    88

    0.071

    0.001 94

    T

    0.92[

    0.921 0 0.886

    0.886 0 0.921

    0.509 45

    P 0.496 0.099 80

    0.496 0.064 87 0.496 0.064 87

    I 0.066

    0.004

    93 0.071

    0.009 88

    0.07[

    0.004 94

    P

    0.456 0.456 0 0.456 0.168 63 0.456

    [49

    67

    A

    0.046 0.046

    0

    0.046 0.021 54 0.046

    0.024

    48

    I 0.076

    [3

    83 0.076 0.009 88 0.076 0.009 88

    T

    1.000 1.000

    0

    0.921 0.745 19 1.000 0.638 36

    A 0.048 0.048 0 0.048 0.037 28

    0.050

    0.030 40

    P 0.509 0.509 0 0.523 0.292 44 0.553 0.319 12

    I

    0.066

    0.009 87

    0.066 0.009

    87

    0.076

    0.009 88

    Letter indicates colouring agent: T

    =

    tartrazine, P

    =

    ponceau 4R, ]

    =

    indigotin, A

    =

    azorubine

    Type and amount of the nitrogen source in the nutrient solutions affected yeast growth, and

    assimilation or destruction of the dyes.

    The individual colouring agents were assimilated differently by the yeast strain tested:

    indigotin completely, azorubine and ponceau 4R partially and tartrazine slightly or not at all;

    thus, in a nitrogen-poor soft drink like ginger, in which the yeast behave as oligonitrophile

    SACCHETTI and SAMAJA 1972), certain dyes enhance their growth, a fact which is apparently

    linked to the nitrogen availability in the colouring agent s chemical structure.

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    TURTURA

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    MINGUZZI

    Table 6. Visual rating of media NF (nitrogen-free), AN (with ammonium nitrate), YE (with yeast extract)

    enriched with testeddyes and inoculatedwith a strain of

    cch romyces erevisi e

    after two months incubation

    at 25C

    Colouring

    Nutrient solution NF

    Nutrient solution AN Nutrient solution YE

    agents )

    Liquid and sediment Liquid and sediment Liquid and sediment

    T

    Uncertaind iscolouring Uncertain discolouring

    Uncertain discolouring

    No sediment

    No sediment Yellowish sediment

    P

    Uncertain discolouring Discolouring Marked discolouring

    Very slight red sediment Red sediment

    Red sediment

    Total discolouring

    Total discolouring Total discolouring

    Greyish sediment Greyish sediment

    Greyish sediment

    A

    Slight discolouring Discolouring Marked discolouring

    Very slight pink sediment

    Pink sediment Pink sediment

    TA Uncertain discolouring

    Very slight discolouring Discolouring-)

    No sediment Pink sediment Pink sediment

    TP

    Uncertain discolouring

    Discolouring) Discolouring )

    No sediment Red sediment Red sediment

    TI

    Uncertain discolouring Very slight discolouring Slight discolouring

    No sediment Greyish sediment

    Greyish sediment

    AP Slight discolouring Discolouring Marked discolouring

    No sediment

    Red sediment Red sediment

    AI

    Very slight discolouring Marked discolouring Total discolouring

    No sediment Reddish sediment Reddish sediment

    PI Uncertain discolouring Slight discolouring Marked discolouring

    No sediment Reddish sediment Red sediment

    TAP

    Slight discolouring

    Discolouring-)

    Discolouring-)

    Slight red sediment Red sediment Red sediment

    TAl Slight discolouring

    Discolouring-)

    Discolouring-)

    No sediment Red sediment

    Red sediment

    TPI Slight discolouring Discolouring ) Discolouring-)

    Slight red sediment Red sediment Red sediment

    PAl Uncertain discolouring Marked discolouring Marked discolouring

    No sediment Red sediment Red sediment

    TAPI

    Uncertain discolouring

    Discolouring-) Discolouring-)

    No sediment

    Red sediment

    Red sediment

    Letter indicates colouring agent: T = tartrazine, P = ponceau 4R,

    indigotin, A= azorubin

    2)

    Green liquid,

    3)

    Yellowish liquid,

    4)

    Greenish-yellow liquid,

    5)

    Greenish-orange liquid

    A cause of decolouration is linked to the adsorption of the dye by the dead yeast cells: this

    is true expecially for ponceau 4R. It cannot be ruled out however that some of the dye

    disappears, because of the formation of the Ieuco structure as effect of a long stay in a

    reducing environment, like the one which is formed in the soft drink by the strongly

    deoxygenating saccharomycetic growth.

    The statistical data of both spectrophotometry and appearance values show significant

    differences in the extent of the discolouring found with the dyes in the three nutrient solutions.

    The comparison NF AN NF YE and ANIYE were highly significant for the spectrophotomet

    ric data at P=O.00020,

    P=O OOOOl

    P=O.00070 respectively. The appearance ratings showed

    that the statistical significance of the discolouration differences between solutions was less

    than for the spectrophotometry: P=O.015 for

    NF AN

    P=OOlOfor

    NF YE

    P=O.0209 for N

    YEo

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    Conclusions

    Light, heat and yeasts are the most frequent causes of discolouration in aroma-based soft

    drinks. The combined effects of light and heat (the latter acting less actively) induced a

    complete decolouration of indigotin and ponceau 4R and a partial one of tartrazine and

    azorubine, the four colouring agents studied.

    Yeast development was affected by the dyes, which were assimilated to varying extent:

    indigotin completely, azorubine and ponceau 4R partially and tartrazine not at all. The failure

    of the yeasts to utilize the dyes does not preclude their adsorption by dead cells to an extent

    depending on colouring agent.

    It must be noted the synergism of light and yeast metabolic

    activity in the colour degradation processes.

    Protecting soft drinks from microbial vegetation - yeasts especially - and from direct

    exposure to sunlight in the best way of preventing discolouration.

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