
	Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
	Year: 2016 \| Volume: 19 \| Issue: 1 \| Page No.: 11-25 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2016.11.25

Mold-Ripened Soft Cheeses Fortified with Date Palm Fruit Product as Functional Dairy Products

Mutlag M. Al-Otaibi, Jamal S. Haddadin and Malik S.Y. Haddadin

Abstract: Date fruit based products are gaining popularity among the consumers in almost all date growing countries due to its added nutritional value. Therefore, novel products were developed by combining two types of foods i.e., soft ripened cheeses and date fruit syrups or date powder. This study is the first to report the surface mold-ripened cheese production with date syrup and date powder. Model cheeses were prepared from pasteurized milk inoculated with Streptococcus thermophilus, Penicillium camemberti and Geotrichum candidum. Date syrup-1, date syrup-2, date powder or the date mixture were added at the stage of curdling. Based on the kinetic growth of the microbial groups in all the treatments, there was no change in the growth of these in various date palm product. On the contrary It may be said that addition of the date fruit product supports their growth. After 35 days, the amounts of total poly phenols were 128.3±1.01, 81.8±1.11, 33.5±2.19, 156.23±1.27 mg GAE/100 g in the cheeses support with date syrup-1, date syrup-2, date powder or the date mixture, respectively. Antioxidant activity of date fruits ranged from 80.13 IC₅₀ (date syrup-2) to 82.23 IC₅₀ (date syrup-1). Based on the chemical characteristics and sensory analysis, the study results showed the potential for innovative application of date products for developing new functional dairy products as an ideal medium for the delivery of biological active compounds with beneficial health effects over.

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How to cite this article:

Mutlag M. Al-Otaibi, Jamal S. Haddadin and Malik S.Y. Haddadin, 2016. Mold-Ripened Soft Cheeses Fortified with Date Palm Fruit Product as Functional Dairy Products. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 19: 11-25.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2016.11.25

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2016.11.25

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