The growth of probiotic bacteria in cow milk is slow
because of lack of proteolytic activity. However, higher growth of
La-5 and Bb-12 was found in vegetable milk ice cream than cow
milk ice cream (Table 4) which probably due to the high nutrients in
soy and coconut milk (Akesowan, 2009; Yuliana et al., 2010). In
addition, phytochemical compounds present in soy and coconut
milk could affect the growth of probiotics