In the present study, this study showed the suitability of oat flakes to be processed
through lactic acid fermentation for making functional beverages. Fermentation with
selected LAB and the use of the most suitable processing
conditions allowed improved nutritional and functional and, especially,
physical and sensory characteristics compared to the raw matrix and
non-fermented beverage.fermentation conditions for preparing
probiotic peanut yoghurt were optimized by successfully utilizing
RSM for analyzing the individual and interactive effects of inoculum
concentration, incubation temperature and incubation time on
monoculture based probiotic peanut yoghurt. Inoculum concentration
of 1.9%, incubation at 38 C for 12 h was found optimum for
probiotic peanut yoghurt preparation. Isanga and Zhang (2009)
have developed peanut milk yoghurt supplemented with skimmed
milk powder and sucrose. The present report describes the
development of probiotic peanut yoghurt without any supplementation
and thus free from lactose. The process can be used to develop probiotic peanut yoghurt with consistent quality at commercial
scale. The non-dairy yogurts developed in this report
would have more noticeable benefits, for lactose intolerant people
since they won’t be suffering from lactose maldigestion symptoms
observed in dairy based yogurts.