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Potential use of scotta, the by-product of the ricotta cheese manufacturing process, for the production of fermented drinks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2015

Petros Maragkoudakis ,
Veronica Vendramin ,
Barbara Bovo ,
Laura Treu ,
Viviana Corich  and
Alessio Giacomini
Petros Maragkoudakis
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Veronica Vendramin
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Barbara Bovo
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Laura Treu
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Viviana Corich*
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Alessio Giacomini
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: viviana.corich@unipd.it
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Abstract

In the present work, the use of scotta as substrate for bacterial fermentation was studied with the objective of obtaining a drink from transformation of this by-product. Scotta retains most of the lactose of the milk and it is normally colonized by a natural microbiota. A treatment was devised to reduce the autochthonous microbial populations in order to reduce competition towards the inoculated bacterial strains. Nine lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were assessed for their capability to develop in scotta. They evidenced different behaviors regarding growth rate, acidification capability and nitrogen consumption. A co-inoculum of three LAB, namely a Streptococcus thermophilus, a Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and a Lb. acidophilus strains, chosen among those giving the best performances in single-strain fermentation trials, gave abundant (close to 109 cfu/ml) and balanced growth and lowered pH to 4·2, a value similar to that of yogurt. These results show that scotta may have potential as a substrate for bacterial growth for the production of a fermented drink. Further studies are needed to optimize the organoleptic aspects of the final product.

Keywords

Fermentationlactic acid bacteriaLactobacillusStreptococcusmicrobiota.
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , February 2016 , pp. 104 - 108
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2015 

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