Effects of pretreatment methods and leaching methods on jujube wine quality detected by electronic senses and HS-SPME–GC–MS

Conventional analysis, electronic senses and HS-SPME–GC–MS were applied to evaluate the effects of pretreatment methods and leaching methods on jujube wine quality. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in the levels of alcohol content, color, taste and aroma were observed among all the jujube wine samples, in which the pulp and pectase fermented jujube wine was the best among all. Moreover, rather than taste, aroma is the most significantly (p < 0.05) affected. In regard to aroma, a total of 182 volatile compounds were identified by HS-SPME–GC–MS. It was found that the blended-into-pulp treatment and the leached-by-pectase treatment had notable positive effects on jujube wine. The pulp and pectase fermented jujube wines exhibited the highest concentration of total volatile compounds as well as alcohols, esters, acids and aldehydes. Thus, the optimal pretreatment method and leaching method for jujube wine fermentation are blended-into-pulp and leached-by-pectase respectively.