ABSTRACT
The Scarcity ofmilk supply in developing
countries perhaps led to the development of alternative milk from vegetable
sources in Nigeria. The aim of this study was to produce yoghurt from blends of
rice milk and soy milk and evaluate their proximate composition, mineral
content, physico-chemical properties, microbiological quality and sensory
properties using standard methods. The results obtained for proximate
composition revealed the following range of values for moisture (73.35 ± 0.09%
— 91.27 ± 0.01%), fat(0.80 ± 0.02% - 1.60 ± 0.00%), ash(0.01 ± 0.00% - 0.04 ± 0.00%),protein
(0.53 ± 0.04% — 7.08 + 0.005%) and carbohydrate (0.03 ± 0.00% — 22.96 ± 0.02%).
Physico-chemical properties showed that MSNF ranged from (1.701 ± 0.002% -
24.948 ± 0.008%), total solids (3.44 ± 0.08% - 26.25±0.26%), pH (4.500 ± 0.028%
- 6.780 ± 0.007%), %Acidity (0.330 ± 0.169% - 0.980 ± 0.000%), SG(1.002 ±
0.002% - 1.062 ± 0.004%), RI (1.333 ± 0.000 - 1.357 ± 0.009%), Viscosity (2150
± 70.7% — 4200 ± 282.8%). The results on mineral contents revealed that the
yoghurts contained very low quantities of minerals and were below the level
recommended by International Dairy Federation. Magnesium ranged from (9.83 ±
0.04 - 47.83 ± O.OOmg/lOOg), calcium (19.60 ± 0.14 - 95.67 ± 0.247710/1000),
potassium (0 — 5.00 ± O.14tti0/1OO0), copper (0.37 ± 0.04 — 1.30 ±
0.147710/1000), iron (0 — 0.28 ± O.O87710/IOO0), cadmium (0 — 0.36 ±
0.027710/1000), zinc (0 — 0.12 ± 0.147710/1000). Microbiological analysis
revealed that the total viable count ofthe yoghurts ranged from 1.7—3.0 x 101
CFU/g and all the yoghurts showed zero results for coliform and fungal counts.
The results on sensory evaluation showed that yoghurt containing 100 % rice was
most preferred to other yoghurt. The appearance of the yoghurts ranges from
(5.25c—7.20a), aroma (4.60b—6.55a), taste (4.60b-7.05a), mouthfeel
(5.5a-6.10a), beany taste (0-5.75a), general acceptability (5.25b—7.30a); the
lower preference for yoghurts containing soy milk was due to the beany flavor
associated with soy foods. However, none of the yoghurt was found to be
disliked. It was concluded that yoghurts containing 25 % rice milk: 75 % soy
milk and 50 % rice milk: 50 % soy milk had higher nutrients compared to other
samples and all the yoghurts were of high microbiological quality as they
conformed with the standards recommended by International Commission on
Microbiological Specifications for Foods. Addition of flavor to reduce the
beany taste of the yoghurts and fortification of the yoghurts with minerals and
protein were recommended
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