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...

Cereal foods fermented by lactic acid bacteria are staples in many countries around the world particularly in developing countries, but some aspects of the nutritional and health benefits of traditional fermented foods in developing countries have not been sufficiently investigated compared to fermented foods in high-income countries. Today, malnutrition worldwide is characterized by a double b...

Cassava pulp was fermented with pure strains of Saccharomyces cerevisae and two bacteria namely Lactobacillus delbruckii and Lactobacillus coryneformis for 3 days. The squeezed liquid from the fermented pulp was used to ferment cassava peels for 7 days. Analysis of the dried fermented peels revealed that there was a significant (P < 0.05) increase in the protein content of the cassava peels fer...

Foreword 1. General introduction 2. Review: sufu – a Chinese fermented soybean food 3. Microbiological safety and quality of commercial sufu – a Chinese fermented soybean food 4. Mucoraceous moulds involved in the commercial fermentation of sufu pehtze 5. Microbial changes during the production of sufu – a Chinese fermented soybean food 6. Effects of temperature and relative humidity on growth ...

Japanese commercial natto, a sticky fermented food made from steamed soybeans, is produced using a pure culture of Bacillus subtilis, but natto-like products in other Asian countries are manufactured through a natural fermentation process (Chantawannakul et al., 2002; Chunhachart et al., 2006b; Sarkar et al., 2002; Tamang, 1999). These fermented soybean foods are different from brine-added ferm...

Fermented mixtures containing fish-offal meal (FOM) and mulberry leaf meal (MLM) were used as protein supplement to partially replace fish meal (FM) in the formulation of diets for the Indian minor carp Labeo bata. The diets included a reference diet (20 % FM), three diets of fermented mixture of FOM and MLM (T2–T4) replacing 50 to 75 % of FM. Formulation of diet with 30 % FOM, 24 % MLM and 5 ...

We investigated the effects of fermented red beet extract and ascorbic acid on color development in meat emulsions. The pH of meat emulsions containing red beet extract decreased with an increase in the amount of extract added. The redness of the treated meat emulsions was higher than that of the control with no added nitrite or fermented red beet extract (p<0.05), though the redness of the mea...