SPECTROCOLORIMETRIC METHODS FOR YOGHURT LACTIC FERMENTATION PROCESS CONTROL

POPESCU MIRCEA IOAN, TURBATU CRISTINA, VLAICU IOANA, RISSDORFER MIHAI, MELITA LARISA, ANGHEL RODICA

"POLITEHNICA" UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST

Abstract

In food industry, an important role is played by product quality determination. A quick method of quality determination is suggested: the spectrocolorimetric method. This method has been tested for many products in food industry: milk, wine, flour, beer, meat products, etc. The method suggested for the study of the fermentation process of yoghurt consists of the following steps: classical physical and chemical analysis; acquisition and storing of spectrocolorimetric data; determination of CIELAB'76 color parameters; correlation of color and physico-chemical properties. Spectrophotometric measurements and color parameters calculations were performed with a HunterLab MiniScan™ Plus XE spectrocolorimeter supplied by S.C. ROMEGATEST S.R.L. Bucharest, importer and sole distributor of HunterLab USA in Romania.

Keywords

yoghurt CIELAB color parameters and fermentation process