Abstract:

The mixture of banana and milk was inoculated with lactic acid bacteria to prepare banana yogurt. The effects of different processing conditions, stabilizers and formula on the quality of banana yogurt were explored. The optimal fermentation processing conditions were 4% fermentation agent, 4% whole fat milk, 6% sucrose, microwave treatment of banana for 30 seconds, 10% banana pulp, 0.5% critic acid-VC ratio of 2:1, 0.1% gelatin, 0.1% CMC, sterilization at 95 ℃ for 5 min and fermentation at 43 ℃ for 5 h.

Key words: banana, yogurt, fermentation processing