High-Temperature Daqu Amino Acid Profile

Arginine Marks Quality

Uses amino acid differences in Daqu, particularly arginine, as a novel metabolic marker for quality evaluation, replacing subjective traditional assessment with objective chemical metrics.

Xing, Shuang · Shi, Gailing · Shuai, Yuan · Lin, Liangcai · Zhang, Cuiying

Food Chemistry 2024

Advantages

Significant differences in amino acids between mechanical and traditional Daqu

Arginine is the key differential amino acid associated with high temperature, high moisture, and low acidity

Arginine reduces lactic acid and higher alcohols in Jiupei