Bamboo Wine: Its Production Technology and Potential as a Sustainable Health Beverage

Abstract

Bamboo wine can be made from bamboo shoot juice or from bamboo leaves. Bamboo wine made from the shoot juice of Oxytenanthera abyssinica is a product of fermentation. Bamboo wine made from bamboo leaves is normally an alcoholic extract or a product of fermented mixture leaf extract and starchy food material. These two kinds of wine are rich in water-soluble B vitamins and essential, nonessential amino acids, various antioxidants including free radical scavengers and anti-aging agents. They are safe for consumption. Suggestions and recommendations for making bamboo wine are also provided in this review.