Development of a new oat-based probiotic drink
Conclusions
The study on several factors affecting the obtaining of a functional oat drink established the appropriate starter culture concentration, oat flour and sucrose content for completing a controlled fermentation for 8 h. It was found that the addition of aspartame, sodium cyclamate, saccharine and Huxol had no effect on the dynamics of the fermentation process and on the viability of the starter culture during product storage. The chosen oat flour concentration contributed to 0.31–0.36% betaglucan in the drink, which remained unchanged both during fermentation and storage. This would ensure its beneficial health effect at regular consumption of the drink. The shelf life of the synbiotic oat drink was estimated to 21 days under refrigerated storage.