Evaluation of plain yoghurt manufactured from buffalo milk with different fat content / Avaliação do iogurte natural produzido com leite de búfala contendo diferentes níveis de gordura

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

RESUMO

Yoghurt is considered an important dairy product for human nutrition. In Brazil, it is traditionally manufactured from cow’s milk. Yoghurt can be also an excellent alternative for utilization of buffalo milk. However, consumers may have some acceptance problems in relation to buffalo yoghurt because of the original milk high fat content. The aim of the present study was to evaluate some characteristics and the stability of yoghurt produced with buffalo milk standardised at different fat levels. The milk was defatted down up 0.5% and mixed with adequate volumes of whole milk, resulting in three treatments: A- whole yoghurt, B- standard yoghurt with 3.0% fat content, and C- skim yoghurt with 0.5% fat content. Standardised milks were used separately for manufacture of stirred whole plain yoghurt. Yoghurts were stored in 1-L polyethylene bottles at 5ºC for 30 days. Samples were collected at 1, 15 and 30 days of storage and submitted to the following analysis: coliform, mesophile and psychrotrophic counts, determination of pH, fat and protein content, total solids and non-fat solids, viscosity and sensorial evaluation. Results were analysed using one-way ANOVA. No significant differences were observed among of treatments on microbiological (P >0.05) after evaluation. No important variations in chemical parameters were observed during 30 days storage of all yoghurts. Viscosity was not influenced (P >0.05) by fat content in yoghurts on days 1, 15 and 30 after manufacture, hence indicating that addition of milk powder is not necessary to standardise solid contents in yoghurt made from defatted buffalo milk. Standardised yoghurt obtained significantly (P <0.05) higher grades in sensorial analysis at 15 and 30 days storage when compared to yoghurt produced from skim milk. It was concluded that all yoghurts present acceptable microbiological, physical and chemical characteristics. However, the product made from buffalo milk containing 3.0% fat showed better sensorial quality and good stability during storage

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vida-de-prateleira buffalo s milk leite bubalino contaminação microbiologia microbiology contamination shelf-life

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