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    This document discusses developing a unique wine made from duhat fruit, a tropical fruit commonly found in the Philippines. It provides background on food processing and how fruits can be processed into wines. While the Philippines has a tradition of making various alcoholic beverages, its tropical climate is not suitable for growing traditional grape vines. Therefore, the aim of this research is to produce a wine using the abundant duhat fruit as the main ingredient and determine consumer acceptability based on attributes like color, aroma and taste.

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    This document discusses developing a unique wine made from duhat fruit, a tropical fruit commonly found in the Philippines. It provides background on food processing and how fruits can be processed into wines. While the Philippines has a tradition of making various alcoholic beverages, its tropical climate is not suitable for growing traditional grape vines. Therefore, the aim of this research is to produce a wine using the abundant duhat fruit as the main ingredient and determine consumer acceptability based on attributes like color, aroma and taste.

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    This document discusses developing a unique wine made from duhat fruit, a tropical fruit commonly found in the Philippines. It provides background on food processing and how fruits can be processed into wines. While the Philippines has a tradition of making various alcoholic beverages, its tropical climate is not suitable for growing traditional grape vines. Therefore, the aim of this research is to produce a wine using the abundant duhat fruit as the main ingredient and determine consumer acceptability based on attributes like color, aroma and taste.

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    CHAPTER I

    THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

    INTRODUCTION

    Java Plum is commonly called as duhat in the Philippines and is

    scientifically known as syzygium cumini. It belongs to the family Myrtaceae

    and typically found in tropical countries. Originally, it is only found on India,

    Burma, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Duhat tree can grow up to 8 to 20

    meter or more, with spreading branches. The fruits occur in loose cluster,

    having variable shape from ellipsoid to ovoid, with pulp color ranging from

    grayish white to purple.

    Food processing is the transformation of raw materials into food or

    food into other form of foods. Raw materials like fruits can also be processed

    in various ways for future use. One of these which are not often practice is

    making fruit wine. Fruit wines are alcoholic beverages (usually made of
    grapes) which is made of various base ingredients and prepared through

    fermentation. It is typically referred to by the type of the main ingredient used.

    However, the taste and the overall features of wine merely depend on kind of

    fruit and how it is processed. Duhat is one of the 23 fruits in the Philippines

    that can be utilized into wines. Some tropical fruits that are typically used are

    mango, pineapple, kamias, guyabano and bignay. Recently, sampalok and

    granadilla were considered as possible raw materials in fruit wine making

    which showed good quality attributes that nearly surpassed the sensory

    characteristics of a commercial wine.

    Therefore, this research aimed to develop a unique kind of wine that is made

    from duhat fruit. Moreover, it also intended to determine the level of

    acceptability of duhat wine in terms of color, appearance, aroma and taste.

    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

    For centuries, the Philippines has had its own tradition of brewing,

    fermenting and drinking wines which are produced in the different parts of the

    country. Every region has its unique and exotic line of alcoholic drinks &

    beverages and such concoction had been locally developed long before. The

    Philippines has a standard tropical maritime climate that includes high


    temperatures, high humidity and copious amounts of rainfall. These

    conditions promote abundant growth of flora, making the Philippines one of

    the world's biodiversity hotspots, with more than 9,000 plant species identified

    but wine grapes do not grow. The tropical climate promotes the growth of

    mold and mildew and grapevines typically thrive in temperate climates.

    Wineries in the Philippines do not include the grape vineyards that are

    typically found in other wine-producing countries. The country is home to a

    few larger wineries and wine production companies that mass produce their

    products and export them to other countries. This study aims to produce a

    wine that will be made from a fruit that is ample in the country like Duhat and

    this will be a unique wine for the Filipino taste. Duhat fruit is an important

    summer fruit, associated with many health and medicinal benefits. Duhat fruit

    is known to relieve stomach pain, carminative, anti-scorbutic and diuretic.

    Duhat juice when made into vinegar is good to reduce enlargement of spleen,

    diarrhea, and who has urine retention problems. Duhat’s ployphenolic

    compounds are effective against cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, asthma

    and arthritis. Various digestive disorders i.e. flatulence, bowel spasm, stomach

    disorders, dysentery are cured by duhat. It is also eaten as tonic to increase

    sexual activity.

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