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Area of Science:

  • Food Science and Technology
  • Microbiology
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • The non-alcoholic beer (NAB) market is growing rapidly, but quality is limited by ethanol's impact on flavor and mouthfeel.
  • Biological methods for NAB production are preferred over physical removal of ethanol, but current yeast strains lack performance and diversity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore strategies for developing superior yeast strains for next-generation non-alcoholic beer production.
  • To balance reduced ethanol formation with desirable aromatic complexity in NABs.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing advances in yeast bioprospecting, breeding, hybridization, adaptive evolution, and genetic engineering.
  • Investigating yeast lineages and trait-development strategies for reduced ethanol production and enhanced aroma.
  • Highlighting the need for standardized phenotyping and computational tools.

Main Results:

  • Specific yeast lineages with limited sugar utilization and favorable aroma-forming capacities show promise for NAB production.
  • Integrating biological strategies with phenotyping and computational tools is key to strain improvement.

Conclusions:

  • Rational, data-driven design of yeast strains is essential for advancing NAB production.
  • Further exploration of natural yeast diversity and advanced breeding techniques will yield superior NAB yeasts.