Heat-Damaged Fruits of ‘Čačanska Lepotica’ as a Raw Material for Plum Spirit Production: Possibilities for Improving Product Quality
Branko Popović, Ninoslav Nikićević, Vele Tešević, Ivan Urošević, Olga Mitrović, Aleksandar Leposavić, Aleksandra Korićanac · 2026
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Branko Popović and co-authors examine in a 2026 food science study whether plums of the Serbian variety Čačanska Lepotica, damaged by summer heat, can still yield good plum spirit. Heat-scarred fruit cannot be sold fresh, so the team tested ways to salvage value from a harvest that climate change makes more common.
They processed the damaged fruit nine different ways, including the traditional method, and checked the spirits against legal standards while profiling 39 volatile compounds. Every spirit met the legal requirements, though the traditional one smelled of cooked plum and lacked freshness. Crushing fruit, removing stones, and adjusting mash acidity produced the cleanest flavors, giving small and large distilleries practical routes to use heat-damaged crops.
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| CREATOR | Branko Popović, Ninoslav Nikićević, Vele Tešević, Ivan Urošević, Olga Mitrović, Aleksandar Leposavić, Aleksandra Korićanac |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |