scholarly journals Assessment of the Effects of Back Sloping on Some Starter Culture Strains and the Organoleptic Qualities of their Yoghurt Products

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
G. B. Olukotun ◽  
S. A. Salami ◽  
I. J. Okon ◽  
J. H. Ahmadu ◽  
O. O. Ajibulu ◽  
...  

Fermented milk is an essential commodity in Africa and beyond. Many techniques have been developed over time for the manufacture of different forms of yoghurt products. One of these Traditional methods includes back slopping). The advantages of this method include faster fermentation rates due to reduction in lag time, and subsequent production of relevant metabolites as well as allowing for a more reliable product formation on a consistent basis. The aim of this study was to better understand, the effects of back sloping on the microbial community as well as on the organoleptic characteristics of the yoghurts produced using the method. The model from this work could be used to study the dynamics of the microbial community associated with back-slopping practices and the understanding of possible associated defects in order to allow better control over the application of the method on commercial levels. We characterized the yoghurt produced from both microbial compositional study using culture-dependent morphological examinations on MRS, M17, Nutrient Agar and Potato dextrose Agar, as well as from organoleptic point of view. The results show that back sloping up to three-fold (batch) gave increasing acceptance but decreased afterwards. Acidification activity which determines proteolysis of casein for coagulation to take place also increased up to three folds. Residual lactose, syneresis and moisture content also decreased favourably by three fold order. Therefore, back sloping could be recommended on commercial level especially in the developing countries where facilities for consistent supply of pouched starter culture are limited because, aside the above mentioned advantages, this process also favours the growth of bacteria which release antimicrobial substances thereby ensuring the growth of the same species while reducing the growth of other organisms thereby preserving the products’ quality.

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
N. S. Bezverkhaya ◽  
О. A. Ogneva

At present in the Russian Federation fortified food products have gained extensive promotion as the newest and promising direction in the food industry. Almost every dairy processing enterprise has a line of fortified products in its product range. Vitamins, antioxidants, vitamin-like substances, flavoring components, micro and macro elements, phospholipids, prebiotics, probiotics, essential amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids can be used as enriching ingredients. On the other hand, the problem of targeted and economically profitable use of secondary milk processing resources is a significant problem. Production of cottage cheese, cheese and casein produces a liquid by-product, which is one of the largest additional sources of dietary protein and lactose as an important source of carbohydrates. The aim of the research is to develop whey fermented milk drink. The objectives of the research are to determine the effect of Jerusalem artichoke syrup on the organoleptic characteristics of the developed fermented milk drink; to optimize empirically the recipe composition of the developed fermented milk drink; to select experimentally the species composition of the starter micro flora of the developed fermented milk drink. The objects of the research are milk serum, Jerusalem artichoke syrup, ground ginger and cinnamon, starter culture on pure cultures of lactic acid microorganisms consisting of Str. thermophilus strains, viscous strains and Lbm. Bulgaricus and B. bifidum 791 in a ratio of 2:1:1. It can be concluded that the use of flavored fillers in the technology of whey fermented milk drink makes it possible to obtain a new product with competitive characteristics.


1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 998-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA L. RODRIGUEZ MEDINA ◽  
MARIA E. TORNADIJO ◽  
JAVIER CARBALLO ◽  
ROBERTO MARTIN SARMIENTO

The levels of several microbial groups (aerobic mesophilic flora, aerobic psychrotrophic flora, lactic acid bacteria, Micrococcaceae, enterococci, Enterobacteriaceae, and molds and yeasts), and some biochemical parameters were investigated during the manufacture and ripening of four batches of León cow cheese produced from raw milk without the addition of starter cultures. The study of the microbial characteristics of this cheese constitutes the first step towards the establishment of a starter culture which would allow the making of a product both more uniform and safer from the point of view of health. The total microbial counts were high throughout the elaboration and ripening. Almost all the microbial groups reached their maximum counts in curd and afterwards dropped throughout the ripening process. The greatest drop was shown by Enterobacteriaceae, which had disappeared after 3 months of ripening. Lactic acid bacteria were the major microbial group, reaching counts similar to the total aerobic mesophilic flora at all sampling points. Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis dominated in milk (62.5% of the isolates obtained in de Man-Rogosa-Sharpe (MRS) agar at this sampling point), curd (82.5% of the isolates obtained at this sampling point) and one-week-old cheese (85% of isolates obtained at this sampling point), while Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei was the most predominant species in eight-week-old cheese (55% of isolates obtained at this sampling point) and twelve-week-old cheese (47.5% of isolates obtained at this sampling point). According to our data, a starter suitable for the production of León cow cheese would be made up of these two species. Some species of Leuconostoc or enterococci could also be added to this starter with the aim of improving the organoleptic characteristics of the final product or to emphasize the characteristics of this variety.


Author(s):  
J. S. Kichko ◽  
M. V. Klychkova ◽  
M. D. Romanko

Smoked sausage has always been a tasty and expensive product. Despite the many advantages of this product, there is, from the point of view of practitioners, and a significant drawback is the complexity of production, high risk of the possibility of a marriage, the duration of the production. Therefore, the problem of accelerating the production process in order to reduce the time of maturation and drying of smoked sausages is relevant. Technology of speeded production involves issues of Svetovrachane, structural changes, processes of taste and agrometeorologia. For these purposes, a starter culture, glucono-Delta-lactone, protein supplements, and other components. On the basis of this, there is a need to develop new technologies to produce smoked sausages with an accelerated ripening process, while maintaining the organoleptic characteristics of the product and increase the profitability of production. The article presents the development of a new formulation of biologically complete product of sausage smoked “Salami Super” with a minimum maturity when making a complex food additive “Albumix 4010”. This product was manufactured using a new technology with the use of maturation accelerators and correction in heat treatment, which reduced the production time to 12–16 days, thereby increasing profitability. During the work, raw materials for the production of smoked sausage were selected, organoleptic, physico-chemical and microbiological studies were carried out. In the study, a smoked sausage "Braunschweig" was taken for trade comparison. The raw smoked sausage “Salami Super” made with use of accelerators of maturation in total with correction in heat treatment corresponds to all indicators of quality and safety, and also the term of development is reduced, thereby having increased profitability.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
Elaheh Ahmadi ◽  
Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Sara Hasanvand ◽  
Milad Rouhi ◽  
Amir Mohammad Mortazavian ◽  
...  

Background: Doogh is a traditional Iranian fermented milk drink that is currently a very popular product in Iran. In the present study, the combined effects of incubation temperature, type of starter culture, and final pH of fermentation on the viability of two probiotic strains (Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 (A) and Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-12 (B)) and biochemical and sensory characteristics of probiotic Doogh were investigated. </P><P> Method: Different treatments were prepared with yoghurt starter culture containing probiotics, using reconstituted skimmed milk with 6% of solid nonfat. They were incubated at 38°C or 44°C until pH 4.0 or pH 4.5 and were kept for 21 days at 4&#176;C or 8&#176;C storage temperature. The biochemical properties of treatments were evaluated during fermentation and refrigerated storage. The viable count and sensory attributes of treatments were studied at the end of fermentation and at the end of storage. </P><P> Results: Results showed that the greatest mean pH drop rate, mean acidity increase rate and mean redox potential increase rate and the shortest incubation time were observed in treatments incubated at 44&#176;C with final pH of 4.5. The highest survival of both probiotic strains during storage was related to treatments with fermentation temperature of 38&#176;C and final pH of 4.5. Treatments ABY1-38&#176;C-4.0 had the highest sensorial total acceptance at the end of refrigerated storage. </P><P> Conclusion: It would be concluded that the best treatment was ABY3-38&#176;C-4 stored at 8°C in regards of probiotics’ viability and sensory characteristics of Doogh. Thus, controlling the temperature of refrigerated storage is the most importance factor during storage and distribution.


2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
A. Alfonzo ◽  
A. Martorana ◽  
L. Settanni ◽  
M. Matraxia ◽  
O. Corona ◽  
...  

The present research aimed at determining the optimal conditions for the lactic acid fermentation of green Spanish-style table olives. The work is a follow-up, and focuses on the performance of the commercial starter strain Lactobacillus pentosus OM13 by applying an acclimatization step and the addition of nutrients, and concentrations of lactic acid that were previously investigated. The acclimatization of the cells warranted the dominance of the starter culture even at an inoculation level of 2 Log cycles lower than that commonly used in standard fermentation. A significant effect was found in terms of acidification kinetics within the first week of fermentation, with the highest decrease in pH, at ~2.5 units, which occurred in the trial and after inoculation with 106 CFU/mL of starter after acclimatation (EO3) that showed values similar to control C obtained with Lactobacillus pentosus OM13 at a concentration of 107 CFU/mL. After day 3, further decreases in pH of up to 4.30 were observed until day 30, and then these values remained almost constant until the end of process (day 190) when lower pH values were reached for trial EO3 and control C. The results of microbiological dynamics, the changes in VOCs and finally the effect of the processes on the sensory analysis of the fermented product were investigated by multivariate analysis. The acclimatization process and the initial inoculation level influenced the bacterial microflora, aromatic compounds and organoleptic characteristics of the final product. Finally, the trials C, EO2 and EO3 showed higher values (60-80%) of preferences and satisfaction compared to other experimental productions.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Ronzella Ottoni ◽  
Suzan Prado Fernandes Bernal ◽  
Tiago Joelzer Marteres ◽  
Franciele Natividade Luiz ◽  
Viviane Piccin dos Santos ◽  
...  

Abstract The search for sustainable development has led countries around the world to seek the improvement of technologies that use renewable energy sources. One of the alternatives in the production of renewable energy comes from the use of waste including urban solids, animal excrement from livestock and biomass residues from agro-industrial plants. These materials may be used in the production of biogas, making its production highly sustainable and environmentally friendly, in addition to reducing public expenses for the treatment of those wastes. The present study evaluated the cultivated and uncultivated microbial community from a substrate (starter) used as an adapter for biogas production in anaerobic digestion processes. 16S rDNA metabarcoding revealed domain of bacteria belonging to the phyla Firmicutes, Bacteroidota, Chloroflexi and Synergistota. The methanogenic group was represented by the phyla Halobacterota and Euryarchaeota. Through 16S rRNA sequencing analysis of isolates recovered from the starter culture, the genera Rhodococcus, Vagococcus, Lysinibacillus, Niallia, Priestia, Robertmurraya, Luteimonas and Proteiniclasticum were recovered, groups that were not observed in the metabarcoding data. The groups mentioned are involved in the metabolism pathways of sugars and other compounds derived from lignocellulosic material, as well as in anaerobic methane production processes. The results demonstrate that culture-dependent approaches, such as isolation and sequencing of isolates, as well as culture-independent studies, such as the Metabarcoding approach, are complementary methodologies that, when integrated, provide robust and comprehensive information about the microbial communities involved in various processes, including the production of biogas in anaerobic digestion processes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 982
Author(s):  
Lucas von Gastrow ◽  
Marie-Noëlle Madec ◽  
Victoria Chuat ◽  
Stanislas Lubac ◽  
Clémence Morinière ◽  
...  

Gwell is a traditional mesophilic fermented milk from the Brittany region of France. The fermentation process is based on a back-slopping method. The starter is made from a portion of the previous Gwell production, so that Gwell is both the starter and final product for consumption. In a participatory research framework involving 13 producers, Gwell was characterized from both the sensory and microbial points of view and was defined by its tangy taste and smooth and dense texture. The microbial community of typical Gwell samples was studied using both culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Lactococcus lactis was systematically identified in Gwell, being represented by both subspecies cremoris and lactis biovar diacetylactis which were always associated. Geotrichum candidum was also found in all the samples. The microbial composition was confirmed by 16S and ITS2 metabarcoding analysis. We were able to reconstruct the history of Gwell exchanges between producers, and thus obtained the genealogy of the samples we analyzed. The samples clustered in two groups which were also differentiated by their microbial composition, and notably by the presence or absence of yeasts identified as Kazachstania servazii and Streptococcus species.


1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 386-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. A. EL-SAMRAGY ◽  
E. O. FAYED ◽  
A. A. ALY ◽  
A. E. A. HAGRASS

The traditional yogurt starter, i.e. Staphylococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, has always been used to bring about the lactic acid fermentation during manufacture of concentrated yogurt known in Egypt as “Labneh”. Different combinations of some strains of Enterococcus faecalis, isolated from Laban Rayeb (a type of fermented milk), in combination with a certain strain of Lactobacillus bulgaricus were used to produce a Labneh-like product. Chemical, microbiological and organoleptic properties of the Labneh-like product were assessed and compared to the characteristics of Labneh processed traditionally by two different dairy plants in Egypt. All treatments showed similar changes during storage at 5 ± 1°C for 28 d. Total solids, fat, titratable acidity and pH values coincided with those of Labneh. Some components increased until the seventh day, i.e. acetaldehyde and diacetyl, while other features, such as the ratio of soluble nitrogen/total nitrogen and tyrosine, increased until the fourteenth day of storage. Thereafter, no marked variations occurred. However, a decrease in tryptophan content of all products occurred during the storage period. Total viable count and count of lactic acid bacteria of Labneh-like product as well as Labneh increased until the end of the second week of storage and then decreased. Coliforms, yeasts and molds and psychrotrophic bacteria were detected in some fresh and stored samples. The starter culture which consisted of 1.5% Enterococcus faecalis 19 and 1.5% Enterococcus faecalis 22 was used successfully to manufacture a Labneh-like product with high acceptability when fresh or refrigerated at 5 ± 1°C.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document