Elaboración de una bebida espumante de horchata por medio de un destilado y carbonatación.

Abstract

In order to add value to the traditional horchata beverage of the city of Loja, the purpose of this research was the elaboration of a refreshing distilled and gasified beverage based on horchata, The distillation method in stills and its subsequent gasification was used for the preparation. The formulation was made with 22 spices of aromatic herbs and medicinal flowers, the infusion of these herbs was executed in two phases consisting of the first, separating aromatic herbs and the second the medicinal herbs. Once the infusions had been extracted, distilled into the horchata, and mixed the secondary ingredients (sugar, stevia and citric acid), then proceeded to gasification. One of the most important parameters was to ensure the safety of the drink, for which physical-chemical and microbiological analyses were made, obtaining results of 0% in E.coli, total coliforms, moulds and yeasts, Finally, the acceptability of the product was tested, in which the taste, color, smell and appearance of untrained tasters were evaluated, having the acceptability of 64,2% total of people evaluated.