Development of vacuum‐dried probiotic milk powder with Bacillus coagulans |
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Authors: | Lopamudra Haldar D N Gandhi |
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Abstract: | The present study explored the possibilities of using Bacillus coagulans as a probiotic culture in vacuum‐dried milk powder. The operational drying temperature at 63 ± 2 °C under 0.7 kg/cm2 pressure emerged as the best temperature at which to prepare dried milk powder within 4.5 h with a mean (±SEM) Bacillus coagulans B37 spore count of 8.78 ± 0.03 log cfu/g and moisture content of 4.82 ± 0.12%. The total spore counts in vacuum‐dried milk powder did not change (P > 0.10) at storage temperatures of 7 °C, 37 °C or 45 °C over a three‐month period. |
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Keywords: | Probiotics
Bacillus coagulans
Vacuum‐dried milk powder |
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