1) Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering, Giresun University, Giresun, Turkey; 2) Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey; 3) Department of Food Processing, Bahçe Vocational School, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey
Suppressing E. coli activation in probiotic yogurt during fermentation by supplementing bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) ethanol extract
Unterdrückung von E. coli in probiotischem Joghurt während der Fermentation durch den Zusatz von Ethanolextrakt aus Bittermelonen (Momordica charantia L.)
Selin Kalkan1), Selahaddin Batuhan Akben2), Demet Çanga3)
Summary
In this study, the survival of Escherichia coli (ATCC® 25922™) in probiotic yogurt supplemented with or without Momordica charantia L. ethanol extract (MCE) during the fermentation period (0–300 minutes) was analysed for various inoculation levels (102; 104 and 106 log CFU/mL). So, the measured E. coli number was modelled as a function of fermentation time and the number of inoculated E. coli. The polynomials models were calculated separately for the probiotic yogurts with and without MCE added. Then, E. coli numbers predicted by the models were analysed using various scientific methods (Transforming predicted E. coli numbers into images, image processing, and hierarchical classification algorithms). The analysis results showed that the E. coli inactivation at between 2.44–3.47 log CFU/mL depending on inoculation levels was determined at the end of fermentation for probiotic yogurts supplemented with MCE. However, the determined inactivation for probiotic yogurts without MCE was between 1.84–2.99 log CFU/mL.
Keywords: Probiotic yogurt, antimicrobial, additive, hierarchical clustering, image processing
Korrespondenzadresse E-Mail
selin.kalkan@giresun.edu.tr
Weitere Informationen zum Beitrag
Arch Lebensmittelhyg 73,
128–137 (2022)
DOI 10.2376/0003-925X-73-128
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ISSN 0003-925X