Article history: Received on: 13/10/2012 Revised on: 05/11/2012 Accepted on: 15/11/2012 Available online: 30/11/2012 The changing food habits and lifestyle has resulted in deterioration of oral health in the people of all ages. The increasing global problems with the traditional disease management strategies have prompted the investigators to hunt for the new and better alternatives to deal wit...

Fortifying yoghurt or dairy products with fibres and probiotic bacteria is an increasing interest to create functional foods health benefits improve their functionality. In this study milk fermented acacia exudate gum black carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus var. atrorubens alef) pulp components had a significantly shorter fermentation time than the others in Streptococcus thermophilus, Lact...

Yoghurt is a fermented milk that consume all over the world. provide many health benefits. The benefits can be increased if prebiotic and probiotic bacteria included in its formulation. In this study, we investigated effect of 2 4 % grape pomace powder (GPP) on physiochemical, nutritional, microbial sensory properties yoghurt (contains Lactobacillus acidophilus Bifidobacterium Bifidum) within s...

Yogurt is one type of fermented dairy that has a fresh sour taste. This drink contains probiotic bacteria can improve digestive health. The nutritional content yoghurt be enriched by adding other herbal food ingredients, for example, cica leaf extract and rosella flower. study tested the effect addition pegagan flowers on acidity yogurt. Experimental research methods using Complete Random Desig...

Total spleen lymphocytes, lymphocyte proliferation, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in spleen lymphocyte culture were studied in malnourished Wistar rats fed with goat milk yoghurt. Malnourished rats were created by using standard feed restriction as much as 50% of normal rats for 21 d. Goat milk yoghurt containing three types of microorganism e.g., Lactobacillus aci...

Pungency of hot pepper has limited its usage even though it shows various health beneficial effects. This study was conducted to develop the novel yoghurt containing hot pepper with diminishing pungency and aimed to examine the quality characteristics of yoghurt prepared with fermented red pepper. Hot pepper was first fermented with Bacillus licheniformis SK1230 to reduce the pungency of capsai...

BACKGROUND Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common condition characterised by pain, distension and altered bowel habit. Evidence suggests functional foods containing probiotics improve gastrointestinal transit, however, data are limited by short follow-up periods and evaluation in selected populations. METHODS A multi-centre, randomized, double blind, controlled trial to evaluate the effec...