Production of potentially probiotic beverages using single and mixed cereal substrates fermented with lactic acid bacteria cultures
2012
Rathore, Sorbhi | Salmerón, Ivan | Pandiella, Severino S.
In the present work, single and mixed cereal substrates were fermented with lactic acid bacteria to study and compare the effect of the media formulation on fermentation parameters. Three cereal flours namely malt, barley and barley mixed with malt (barley–malt) were selected and fermented with two probiotic strains: Lactobacillus plantarum (NCIMB 8826) and Lactobacillus acidophilus (NCIMB 8821). The effect of the single and mixed cereal flour suspensions on the fermentation of these two strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) was studied at an incubation temperature of 30°C for 28h. It was found that the LAB growth was enhanced in media containing malt and significant amounts of lactic acid were produced (0.5–3.5g/L). A cell concentration between 7.9 and 8.5 Log₁₀ CFU/mL and a pH below 4.0 was achieved within 6h of fermentation. Though the cell populations in the mixed culture fermentations of mixed substrates were similar to the ones obtained with single cereal flours, significant differences in the production of lactic acid were observed. These results suggest that the functional and organoleptic properties of these cereal-based probiotic drinks could be considerably modified through changes in the substrate or inocula composition.
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