WANG Lei, ZONG Lina, GAO Zonglu, LU Maolin, WANG Wenqiong, CHEN Dawei, XU Fenlin, GU Ruixia
Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus with different fermentation characteristics were individually or composite cultured to investigate their storage stability, including the acidity, viscosity, water-holding capacity and flavor compounds of fermented yoghurt. The results showed that the acid production rate of yoghurt fermented by S. thermophilus HST-6, HST-9 and L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus KDB-1 was fast. Within 14 days of storage, acidity, viscosity and water-holding capacity were 98.10 °T, 9 498.33 MPa·s and 98.51%, respectively, and the stability was significantly higher than that of other strains (P<0.05). At the same time, the sensory score of the product was the highest. The results of SPME-GC-MS analysis showed that the main volatile flavor compounds of yoghurt fermented by three strains were different from those fermented by single strain during storage. A total of 108 volatile compounds were detected in yoghurt, including aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, alcohols, aromatics and alkanes. The 2-nonone, 2-heptanone, 1-octanol, acetoin, tert-hexadecanethiol were the main flavor compounds in yoghurt. The composite fermentation of three strains has potential industrial application prospects as yoghurt starter.