Physicochemical and Sensory Evaluation of Lemon Grass Leaves extracts
Enriched Soy Yoghurt from Soybeans (Glycine Max) Milk
Abstract
There are challenges in the utilization of soybean-based foods due to
undesirable flavors associated to the Lipoxygenase and trypsin
inhibitors causing oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (Linoleic
Acid and alpha linolenic) in soybean. This study aimed to prepare
soybean based yoghurt with different amounts of lemon grass essential
oil in the ratios of 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 µl per litter of soy
yoghurt. The different treatments of Soybeans based yoghurt analyzed for
protein by Kjedhal method, fats by Soxhlet method, total ash by muffle
furnace method, crude fiber by dry oven method, pH, titratable acidity,
syneresis and viscosity, by AOAC method, total phenolic compounds by
spectrophotometric method and sensory analysis by effective tests with
10 panelists using five hedonic scale tools. The results ranges for
Moisture content,%(89.3-89.6%); Protein,%(5.5-6.8%);
Fat,%(2.7-3.6% ); Total Ash%(0.43-0.53 %); Crude Fiber,%(0.06-0.33
%) and Carbohydrate,%(0.59-0.93 %). Physiochemical properties which
included; PH (4.30-5.59); Viscosity, (2.85-3.17 Pa.s); Titratable
acidity, (0.01-0.07 g\l) and Synersis (6.44-7.56) and
Total Phenolic compound (8.59-18.40 mg/g). The level of pH showed a
significant variation between the treatments while titratable acidity,
syneresis and viscosity did not show any significant variations. Total
phenolic compounds also varied significantly between some treatments.
Sensory evaluation showed that the treatment (100 µl) with highest level
of lemon grass essential oil per liter of soy yoghurt was the most
liked. In conclusion, incorporation of lemon grass essential improved
the level of phenolic compounds and sensory properties of yoghurt. More
studies need to be carried out on the effects of lemon grass extract on
the microbial status of the enriched soy yogurt.