Food ResearchPub Date : 2024-04-10DOI: 10.26656/fr.2017.8(2).483
S. Suharto, T.W. Agustini, U. Amalia
{"title":"Effect of Pediococcus acidilactici bioaugmentation on the quality improvement\u0000of milkfish (Chanos chanos) Bekasam","authors":"S. Suharto, T.W. Agustini, U. Amalia","doi":"10.26656/fr.2017.8(2).483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26656/fr.2017.8(2).483","url":null,"abstract":"Bekasam is a traditional Indonesian fermented food usually composed of freshwater fish,\u0000salt, steamed rice as a carbohydrate source, and garlic, prepared by spontaneous\u0000fermentation for approximately one week up to 1 month, which gives it a distinctive scent\u0000and flavor. Milkfish is commonly used as a main ingredient due to its popularity in certain\u0000areas and the many possible variations of Bekasam. This study investigated the effect of\u0000Pediococcus acidilactici bioaugmentation on the quality of Bekasam. During the 12 days\u0000of production, the spontaneous milkfish Bekasam (SMB) was compared to the milkfish\u0000Bekasam with the addition of P. acidilactici (PAMB). The starter significantly impacted\u0000the properties of Bekasam, giving it a slightly brown appearance as a results of Maillard\u0000reaction and increasing the protein content (P<0.05), indicating proteolytic activity during\u0000fermentation which directly affects the flavor and texture of the end product. The\u0000considerably increased protein content was a result of the lengthy fermentation period.\u0000Additionally, the fermentation starter resulted in a lower total plate count and increased\u0000growth of lactic acid bacteria than the non-starter (P<0.05) Bekasam. Furthermore, the\u0000total sugar concentration reduced as fermentation progressed, indicating that the starter\u0000and the length of the fermentation period play a role in enhancing Bekasam’s quality and\u0000health-related properties.","PeriodicalId":12410,"journal":{"name":"Food Research","volume":"2013 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140718678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}