Effect of prebiotics on growth and survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA 5), Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB 12) in cheddar cheese during storage
Author(s):
Karthikeyan B, Murugan B, Rita Narayanan, Nisha PR and Karthikeyan N
Abstract:The aim of this study was to produce a synbiotic cheddar cheese with pectin, inulin and maltodextrin as prebiotics at different levels namely, 2.0%, 1.5% and 2.5% respectively and how these prebiotics influence the growth and survivability of the probiotic microorganisms
viz.
Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA 5) and
Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB 12).
Various combination of prebiotics were also tried to evaluate the survivability of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA 5) and Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB 12) under refrigerated storage (4 ± 1 °C) for 120 days. It was shown that the probiotic count in log cfu/g markedly increased up to 60 days. After 60 days,a gradual decline in microbial count was observed. It was concluded that pectin (2.0%), inulin (1.5%) and maltodextrin (2.5%) combination was found to give good results in enhancing the probiotic bacterial count for production of synbiotic cheese.
How to cite this article:
Karthikeyan B, Murugan B, Rita Narayanan, Nisha PR, Karthikeyan N. Effect of prebiotics on growth and survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA 5), Bifidobacterium bifidum (BB 12) in cheddar cheese during storage. Pharma Innovation 2021;10(11):1842-1845.