In vitro assessment of health-promoting benefits of sheep ‘Testouri’ cheese
- 5 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Akademiai Kiado Zrt. in Acta Alimentaria
- Vol. 50 (1), 54-64
- https://doi.org/10.1556/066.2020.00125
Abstract
This study aimed to produce probiotic ‘Testouri’, traditional Tunisian sheep cheese, by direct-to-vat inoculum of probiotic adjuncts.The potential of Testouri sheep cheeses was evaluated by an assessment of gross composition and proteolytic, antibacterial, antidiabetic and antioxidant activities during storage at 4 °C for 28 days. Results highlighted that no significant differences were observed in compositional parameters of the samples at day 0. Probiotic counts in cheeses remained at 8 log CFU g−1 during storage. Probiotic cheeses exhibited measurable antibacterial activities with the maximum value (diameter of 12 ± 0.07 mm) on Staphylococcus aureus strain. Also, α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitions ranged from 42 ± 0.77 to 58 ± 0.88% and 20 ± 0.9 to 47 ± 1.3%, respectively, during storage. Additionally, cheeses inoculated with probiotics exhibited significant increases in proteolytic and antioxidant activities compared to the control sample.Therefore, Testouri cheese can be considered a good carrier of probiotics and can be promoted for commercial uses.Keywords
Funding Information
- Research Unit of the High school of Food Industries
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