The objective of the research was to evaluate biochemical characteristics various microbial isolates used in production plant based yoghurt, optimal growth temperatures and effect incubation time inoculum concentration on taste desirability yoghurt. Pure cultures five (5) strains (Lactobacillus acidophilus; Lactobacillus bulgaricus; casei; lactis; Streptococcus thermophilus) were obtained from ...

Ten most popular brands of commercial Turkish set-type yoghurts were collected from local retail outlets in Hatay, Turkey for two separate periods, and analyzed for basic nutrients, physico-chemical properties, volatile aroma compounds and free fatty acid profiles to compare their differences among the yoghurt products. The results showed that there were significant differences (P < 0.05, 0.01,...

Abstract Kappaphycus alvarezii is one of the two main species seaweed commodities cultivated in Indonesia. K. more popularly known as Eucheuma cottonii , belongs to red algae. This most important commercial sources carrageenans, a family gel-forming, viscosifying polysaccharides. Carrageenans are used gelling, thickening, and stabilizing agents variety applications, especially food products suc...

During July 1995, an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium definitive type (DT) 170, an unusual strain, occurred in South Wales. A case-control study found that illness was associated with eating kebabs (odds ratio undefined, P = 0.002), doner kebabs (odds ratio 7.9, 95 % confidence interval 1.5-20.5, P = 0.02) and kebabs with yoghurt based relish (odds ratio undefined, P = 0.009) but not with eat...

The yeast Williopsis mrakii produces a mycocin or yeast killer toxin designated HMK; this toxin exhibits high thermal stability, high pH stability, and a broad spectrum of activity against other yeasts. We describe construction of a synthetic gene for mycocin HMK and heterologous expression of this toxin in Aspergillus niger. Mycocin HMK was fused to a glucoamylase protein carrier, which result...

The aim of this study was to assess the association between some dietary factors and prevalence of H. pylori infection or strain virulence in 294 adult asymptomatic blood donors. Methods. Seroprevalence was evaluated using ELISA. Logistic regression was used. Results. Anti-H. pylori IgG prevalence was 72.4%, and CagA IgG seroprevalence was 49.3%. In the multivariate analyses, the frequent (>5 d...

Very simple and selective methods are presented to determine the amino acid tryptophan (Trp) and the biogenic amine tryptamine (Tryp), both compounds with an indole-type molecular structure by the methodology named Heavy Atom Induced-Room Temperature Phosphorescence (HAI-RTP) which constitutes the first time that HAI-RTP has been used to detect compounds with non-naphthalenic structures in thei...

Štern P., pokorný J., Šedivá A., Panovská Z. (2008): Rheological and sensory characteristics of yoghurt-modified mayonnaise. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 190–198. Rheological and textural characteristics were studied in a set of 11 samples of yoghurt-modified mayonnaise at 15, 20, and 25°C. The rheometer Rheostress 300 was used to determine the static yield value, apparent viscosity, thixotropy, and...

Stirred yoghurts with different fruit homogenates (papaya, kiwi, pineapple and kaki and control (without additive) were prepared and stored up to 14 days at 5±1°C. Sugar and fruit homogenates were added at the rate of 5 and 10% w/w respectively. The results revealed that, significant differences were observed in proteolytic activity, acidity, protein and fibers contents among all treatments. Ad...