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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Ingredients
- Hops
- Technologies
- Sensory Profile
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Applications
In form of pressed cone hops or hop pellets is used for final hopping of beer at the end of brewing process ( 20 - 5 minutes before the end of brewing). Saaz hops brings to beer the final well-balanced taste and aroma. It is unusually rich in polyphenols. The balanced rate of alpha and beta acids causes together with the unique content of hop oils the inimitable character of beer taste. Saaz hops is used as a factor forming the final equilibrus of the mass produced beers. Its task is not reaching a certain beer bitterness but reaching the final desired beer taste.
Properties
- Composition
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| TotaI resins | 13-20 | % w. | - |
| α-bitter acids | 2,5-4,0 | % w. | - |
| ß-bitter acids | 4-6 | % w. | - |
| Cohumulone | 23-26 | % w. | - |
| Colupulone | 39-43 | % w. | - |
| Weight of oils | 0,4-0,8 | g/100 g | - |
| Myrcene | 25 - 40 | % rel. | - |
| 2-undecanone | 1,0 - 1,5 | % rel. | - |
| 4-decenoid acid ME | 1,0 - 2,0 | % rel. | - |
| Caryophyllene | 6 - 9 | % rel. | - |
| Humulene | 15 - 30 | % rel. | - |
| Farnesene | 14 - 20 | % rel. | - |
| Selinenes | 0,5 - 1,5 | % rel. | - |
| Total polyphenols | 5,5-7,0 | %w/w | - |
| Xanthohumol | 0,3- 0,5 | %w/w | - |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance