Characteristic of Lamb Sausages Fermented by Indonesian Meat-Derived Probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-2C12 and Lactobacillus acidophilus IIA-2B4

Probiotic is a group of microorganism, mainly from lactic acid bacteria (LAB), widely used to increase functionality of various foodstuffs, including lamb which was limited by its goaty odor and short life issue. This study aimed to evaluate the characteristic of lamb sausages fermented by either Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-2C12 or L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 isolated from local cattle in Indonesia, and stored for 21 days at low temperature (4oC). Fermented lamb sausages were made with the addition of L. plantarum IIA-2C12 and L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 with three replications. The result showed that pH value, protein, and cholesterol contents of the sausages with addition of L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 were higher (P<0.05) than that of L. plantarum IIA-2C12. Meanwhile, the sausage fermented with L. plantarum IIA-2C12 had higher titratable acid (TA) value, texture, and the content of fat, carbohydrate, tyrosine, lysine, myristoleic (C14:1), pentadecanoic (C15:0), heneicosanoic (C21:0) and cis-11-eicosatrienoic (C20:1) as compared to that of  L. acidophilus 2C12-2B4. Final population of LAB in the sausage fermented by L. plantarum IIA-2C12 was also higher than that of L. acidophilus IIA-2B4, yet both can be categorized as a probiotic. The differences between characteristics of the physicochemical traits and microbiological quality of the sausage fermentation associated with the addition of L. plantarum IIA-2C12 or L. acidophilus IIA-2B4. The 21 days of storage at cold temperatures with probiotics addition could extend shelf life and maintain quality of fermented sausage

Physicochemical Characteristics and Microbiological Quality of the Topside and Longissimus Dorsi of Indonesian Local Buffalo Meat

The physicochemical characteristics and microbiological quality of buffalo meat are influenced by differences in muscle type. This study aimed to evaluate the physiochemical characteristic and microbiological quality of the topside (active muscle) and longissimus dorsi (passive muscle) of Indonesian local buffalo meat. Samples used in this study were buffalo meat from local swamp buffalo, aged more than four years old on the topside and longissimus dorsi. This study used a completely randomized design, with three repetitions in each treatment. All data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The result of the study on the topside and longissimus dorsi area showed a significant difference in the pH and cholesterol levels of the buffalo meat. The longissimus dorsi area had a lower level of pH and cholesterol compared to the topside area. Furthermore, this longissimus dorsi meat has a higher color, protein, ash, fat, essential amino acid, and lactic acid bacterial (BAL) content than the topside meat. However, the topside meat had higher carbohydrate, essential fatty acid, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) content compared to the longissimus dorsi meat. Longissimus dorsi meat had better physicochemical characteristics and microbiological quality than the topside mea

Total Count of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Goats and Cows Milk Yoghurt using Starter S. thermophilus RRAM-01, L. bulgaricus RRAM-01 and L. acidophilus IIA-2B4

Yoghurt is a well-known fermented dairy product which produced using a combination of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and L. acidophillus as fermentation starters. Cow milk is usually used as a raw ingredient. The LAB-based local yoghurt starter (S. thermophilus RRAM-01 (ST), L. bulgaricus RRAM-01 (LB) and L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 (LA)) were previously isolated from milk and meat, nevertheless had not been extensively attempted to be used in yoghurt production. This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of cow and goat milk based yoghurt produced by using a single local strater of S. thermophilus RRAM-01 (ST) or L. bulgaricus RRAM-01 (LB) or L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 (LA). The yoghurts were produced through addition of the starter (3% v/v each) with 1010 CFU mL-1 of initial population, and then fermented at room temperature for 24 hr.  The result revealed that initial population of LAB in goat’s milk yoghurt fermented by ST or LB were significantly higher than that of by LA. Yet, after 24-hour of storage at room temperature, the total population of LA increased and reached final population which was higher than LB or ST. Meanwhile, cow’s milk yoghurt fermented by LB had the highest population of at the initial day (D0), while after fermentation the highest population were observed on LB or LA cow’s milk yoghurt. Overall goat’s milk yoghurt had significantly lower pH values than the cow’s milk yoghurt. These were accompanied by higher the total titrated acid (TTA) of goat’s milk yoghurt than that of cow’s milk yoghurt. Based on pH and TAT values, it was found that  ST bacteria produced significantly higher total acidity goat’s milk yoghurt, followed by LB and LA. However, the type of culture had no effect on total acidity of cow's milk yoghurt