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Table I.

Changes in pH and lactic acid content (mg·100 g−1) during storage for 28 days of control (NEPSY) and experimental (EPSY) low-fat yogurts at 4 °C.

Type of yogurt Period of storage (day)
1 7 14 21 28
pH
 NEPSY 4.50aA 4.40aA 4.33aA 4.50aA 4.49aA
 EPSY 4.51aA 4.43aA 4.36aA 4.51aA 4.50aA
 SEM 0.05
Lactic acid content
 NEPSY 0.97bA 1.14aA 1.17aA 1.20aA 1.20aA
 EPSY 0.76bB 1.12aA 1.20aA 1.21aA 1.22aA
 SEM 0.05

Values are the mean of six observations.

SEM, standard error of mean values; NEPSY, control yogurt prepared from skim milk standardized to 12% total solids containing 3% inulin and non-EPS producing strain of S. thermophilus; EPSY, yogurt prepared from skim milk standardized to 12% total solids containing 3% inulin and EPS-producing strain of S. thermophilus.

ab

Mean values in the same row with different alphabets are significantly different for each type of yogurt.

AB

Mean values in the same column with different alphabets are significantly different for a particular day of storage for each parameter.