Uji Keberadaan Dan Viabilitas Sel Lactobacillus Bulgaricus Pada Pembuatan Vco Fermentasi Yang Berfungsi Probiotik

Abstract

: An effort of coconut product development is making the pure coconut oil or so-called Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO). Besides of centrifugation process, VCO can be also made by biological process, especially using bacteria. Bacterial fermentation method with Lactobacillus bulgaricus was performed to produce VCO. The results showed that the bacterium L. bulgaricus can be used as an alternative in producing VCO by way of fermentation. After the fermentation process, bacterial cells L. bulgaricus mostly present at blondo layer, followed by a layer of water and oil layers. Meanwhile, based on testing the viability during storage, the number of cell L Bulgaricus been steadily declining number of living cells during storage. The maximum storage time for L. bulgaricus on the VCO is 24 days