Wines Can Last Longer With Potassium Metabisulfite
You must be familiar with how various chemicals are being used to preserve food and beverages to make them fit for consumption. Similar to the process of preserving food with additives, Wines could also be preserved for a longer period when Potassium Metabisulfite solutions are added to them. Wondering how this Potassium Metabisulfite wine is preserved? Well, Potassium Metabisulfite Wine is preserved with the help of anti-oxidants present in the solution. The anti-oxidizing components of Potassium Metabisulphite deoxygenate the Wine, thus, increasing its shelf life. Thus, this additive slows down the ageing of the wine by removing excess oxygen that floats freely inside the wine bottle.
If you are planning to convert conventional wine to Potassium Metabisulfite Wine, you should consider the fact that there will be some alterations in the flavour. However, you can prevent this by simply following a process called micro-oxygenation. Taste of the wine changes when oxygen is completely taken out of the bottle. You can resolve this issue by micro-oxygenation. Once you have completely suctioned out the suspended oxygen from the wine bottle with the help of the Potassium Metabisulfite solution, let oxygen intrude naturally through the cork closures. This process of letting a tiny amount of oxygen into the wine bottle through the cork spaces is called micro-oxygenation. This process indeed helps retain the taste of wine and also promote the slow-ageing of the drink. It is often said that “old wines taste best’, therefore, the more you ferment, the better the taste. Since the cost to preserve wines is quite heavy on the pocket, therefore, not many prefer storing and fermenting it further.
Potassium Metabisulfite Solutions are neither very cheaper nor locally available in retail shops for sale. These solutions are specially manufactured in chemical industries and are then exported or sold to other manufacturers of goods and products. One of the leading marketers of this solution is the top-ranking supplier of chemicals the Aditya Birla Group. Not just Potassium Metabisulfite, Aditya Birla Chemicals also produces other chemicals beneficial for other manufacturers of goods like in the food and beverage production units. Some of the other chemicals prepared by Aditya Birla Chemicals include Epoxy, Peroxides, Tanfac, Phosphates, Chlor Alkali and other Sulphites. Its chemical plants are not just based in India but are also operated abroad in countries like Germany and Thailand.