Looking into Limoncello: The Structure of the Italian Liquor Revealed by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering.

ABSTRACT: Limoncello, the Italian liquor based on lemon essential oils, is becoming increasingly popular around the world. This digestive is not only an iconic representative of Italian food culture, but it is also a complex colloidal system, made of essential oils, ethanol, sucrose, and water. Smell, aroma, taste, and appearance of Limoncello do, of course, depend on the components, in particular on the peculiar essential oil mixture. Accordingly, several studies are available in the literature investigating the composition of various Limoncellos. However, the microscopic structure plays an equally important role when it comes to the sensory properties of food and beverages. In this work, small-angle neutron scattering was used to probe the microscopic structure of Limoncello, revealing the presenc

SUBMITTER: Chiappisi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6644077 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature