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Vinegar from Worldwide industrial practice, from the 20th century
Most industrial vinegar today is made in a stirred stainless-steel tank, the acetator, where a turbine blows very fine air bubbles through wine, cider, beer or dilute spirit. Acetic bacteria float freely in the liquid and turn ethanol into acetic acid in about a day per cycle. Part of each batch is drawn off and the rest seeds the next fresh load.
| Alcoholic medium (wine, beer, fruit wine or dilute spirit) | Loaded so that ethanol does not exceed a preset level, 5 % (v/v) in one pilot plant[trends2023] |
| Vinegar left in the tank from the previous cycle | The unloaded half is replaced and the rest acts as the inoculum[trends2023][rc2022] |
| Starter | vinegar left from the previous cycle, used as the inoculum of the next |
Total time across the recorded steps: 24 h – 27 h
What changes: Wine or beer is thinned with water to about 10 percent alcohol before it goes in
Output: medium at about 10 % ethanol.
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
Most industrial vinegar today is made in a stirred stainless-steel tank, the acetator, where a turbine blows very fine air bubbles through wine, cider, beer or dilute spirit. Acetic bacteria float freely in the liquid and turn ethanol into acetic acid in about a day per cycle. Part of each batch is drawn off and the rest seeds the next fresh load. Made in 4 steps over 24 h – 27 h. The longest step, acetify with fine air bubbles at constant temperature, takes 21–24 h (Román-Camacho J.J 2022) and runs at 30–31 °C (Román-Camacho J.J 2023). Komagataeibacter europaeus and Other Komagataeibacter and former Gluconacetobacter species, tolerant of 15–20 % acetic acid do most of the fermenting.
| Main step | 21–24 hMeasured[rc2022] | Acetify with fine air bubbles at constant temperature |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 30–31 °CReported[trends2023][rc2022] | Acetify with fine air bubbles at constant temperature |
Instead of a mother film on still wine (Orléans) or bacteria fixed on wood shavings (quick process), the bacteria float in the liquid and are fed air as fine bubbles, so a cycle takes about a day [rc2022, trends2023]. The product is high in acetic acid but makes few other metabolites and loses volatile aromas [mas2014].
In the 8 L pilot acetator, cycles ended at 7.9 % (w/v) acetic acid for wine and 6.8 % for beer [rc2022].
Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made
In the 20th century the invention of submerged fermentation cut vinegar production times to 1-2 days and allowed cheap vinegar to be made around the world [WP:Vinegar]. Early containers for submerged culture were made of wood; most current ones are stainless steel [mas2014].
