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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) |
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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.