TITLE:
Development of Functional Synbiotic Flavored Fermented Skim Milk Drinks Supplemented with Doum (Hyphaene thebaica L.) and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) Fruits Powder for Nutritional, Antimicrobial and High Antioxidant Activities
AUTHORS:
Manal Khider, Khaled Abd El-Hameed Seliem, Warda Mustafa Abdeltawab Ebid
KEYWORDS:
Antimicrobial, Carob Fruits, Doum Fruits, Phenolic Compounds, Prebiotic and Probiotic
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.13 No.11,
November
15,
2022
ABSTRACT: The present study was carried out to make new healthy synbiotic flavored fermented
skim milk drinks (SFFSD) supplemented with either Doum (Hyphaene thebaica L.) or Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) fruits powder for nutritional, antioxidant
and antimicrobial activities. The HPLC analysis showed higher phenolic and flavonoid
content in Doum extract than that of Carob. The antimicrobial activity of the methanolic
extracts of both Doum and Carob against foodborne pathogens showed that the most
sensitive indicators were Bacillus cereus, C. albicans and S. aureus, followed by T. mentagrophyte and E. coli wherein, the diameter of
clear zones was, 29, 27, 24, 23 and 13 mm, respectively. While no effect was noticed
against Aspergillus flavus. On the other hand, the methanolic extract of
Carob fruit exhibited only a weak antibacterial effect against B. cereus (20 mm). Six treatments
of SFFSD were made using both Doum or Carob fruit powder as prebiotic and Lactobacillus
paracasei as probiotic bacteria. The added levels from Doum were 2%, 4% and 6%,
while that added from Carob were 5%, 10% and 15%.
Adding Doum and Carob powder increased the containing of minerals; Ca, K, Mg and
iron compared with control. Both viscosity and viability of L. paracasei for the SFFSD were
increased with increasing the added levels from either Doum or Carob, compared with the control. Samples of SFFSD containing Carob powder, show superior sensory for
all parameters and total score points during storage period, especially at a level of
10%. It seems evident that samples supplemented with Doum powder were also acceptable.