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WOS: 000503313900126, The yoghurt samples enriched with hot and cold break tomato powders (HBT and CBT) were evaluated by monitoring the changes in some physicochemical properties and bacterial viability during storage. Besides, radical scavenging activity, total phenolic contents, and textural parameters of samples were determined. Tomato powders were added at different levels (0.5, 1, 2%) and L. paracasei F19 was used with starter culture in yoghurt production. Total solids and ash content of yoghurt without powders were lower than the others. HBT supplementation significantly increased DPPH and ABTS + scavenging activities and the highest activities were determined in yoghurt samples containing 2% HBT (197.7 g/kg, 4.84 mol trolox/kg respectively). Total phenolic content of samples ranged from 5.00 to 14.92 g GAE/kg. The addition of tomato powders decreased firmness and viscosity and plain yoghurt was found to be more consistence (12161.80 g s) and cohesive (219.50 g). The pH values of samples decreased whereas titratable acidity values increased throughout 21 days of storage and L. pantacasei F19 counts was higher than 10(6) CFU/g at the end of storage.

Experimental yoghurts were made with 13% reconstituted skim milk supplemented with 1, 2, 3% rice bran (RB) and inoculated with probiotic culture of Lactobacillus casei 431. The products were stored at 4 °C for 3 weeks. During this period, the viability of the probiotic L. casei 431 strain and yoghurt starter cultures were evaluated. In addition to this, some physicochemical, antioxidative and sensory properties of yoghurts were also determined. L. casei 431 remained above the 8 log CFU/g throughout the storage period in yoghurts fortified with 2% and 3% RB. Addition of rice bran decreased the syneresis and viscosity values whereas it increased scavenging activities of DPPH radical. However, yoghurts with RB had less sensory scores compared to plain yoghurt.

WOS: 000495345400032, PubMed: 31749495, The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of immature wheat grain (IWG) on the survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM (LNCFM), Lactobacillus casei 431 (L431) and Lactobacillus acidophilus 20079 (L20079) in yoghurts under cold storage. Furthermore, the impact of IWG on physicochemical, textural and antioxidative properties of yoghurts was evaluated. Fortification of yoghurt with IWG positively affected LNCFM and L20079 counts during cold storage whereas no statistical improvement was observed in the viability of L431. The addition of IWG clearly supported the antioxidative activity and total phenolic content in yoghurt. No statistical differences were discovered regarding syneresis and water holding capacity in all probiotic applications. Although, enrichment with IWG enhanced the firmness of probiotic yoghurts, it simultaneously reduced the cohesiveness and viscosity index. This study demonstrated that IWG may be used as a food additive for enhancing probiotic LNCFM and L20079 survival and providing functional aspects in yoghurt.

The main objective of this study was improving nutritional composition and functionality of tarhana, a fermented food product, with dietary fiber sources. For this purpose, two different by-products; rice bran (RB) and corn bran (CB) were used in tarhana formulation at the levels of 5, 10 and 15% and some physical, chemical, microbiological, functional and sensory attributes were examined. 15% RB added tarhana contained higher levels of ash, protein, fat content, antioxidant activity and total phenolic compounds (3.64%, 16.39%, 6.91%, 59.40% and 142.4 mg/100 g respectively) whereas the highest cellulose content was observed with 15% CB substitution (2.37%). Moreover 10% and 15% CB supplementation resulted in an increase in Lactobacillus spp. and Streptococcus spp. counts. L* values decreased with CB and especially substitution level higher than 10% decreased a* and b* values of samples. Control exhibited higher viscosity values than others. The end product was affected by enrichment with brans and overall acceptability results showed that RB addition had an unpalatable effect whereas CB added samples gained similar scores with control.