Abstract
ABSTRACT: Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. was evaluated in grape juice and wine. Bacteria were inactivated in wine within 60 min but survived up to 16 d in juice. A model stomach system containing food and synthetic gastric fluid (SGF) was designed to investigate the antibacterial effect of wine when consumed with a meal. In this system, wine had little effect on E. coli O157:H7 survival whereas Salmonella was undetectable after 120 min. A nonvolatile wine fraction (containing acids) was more effective in killing Salmonella than a volatile wine fraction (containing alcohol), suggesting that antibacterial activity of wine is primarily acid dependent.
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