Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Abstract

Biochemical and Microbial Examination of Sulphi and Cheend: Two Alcoholic Beverages from Central India

Prashant Shukla and Pradeep Vishwakarma

Sulphi and Cheend have been used as alcoholic beverages by tribal people of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh state in India. The biochemical and microbial nature of these two beverages were studied and it was found that Sulphi has more protein content and less sugar content while Cheend has less protein content and more sugar content. This difference also was highlighted in number of different bacteria present in these two beverages as Sulphi has less number of bacteria than Cheend.