McConnell Gordon Estates Limited

$73,269.00 CAD

≈ 11 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2023-2024
Agreement period
October 2, 2023 – March 31, 2025
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2023-2024-Q3-1010909

Published purpose

This project will seek to identify and modify a yeast strain that will convert fermentable sugars primarily or exclusively into glycerol, while minimizing the production of ethanol, resulting in a product that is less than 0.5% ABV (alcohol by volume). CO2 would be produced as a byproduct of these sugars-to-glycerol fermentations, allowing for these innovative techniques to be applied to sparkling wine production. The low or nominal-alcohol wines produced using this new yeast strain could present unmatched qualitative advantages when compared to the present qualitative compromises and challenges of de-alcoholization via reverse osmosis.

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