EPS producing LAB
are especially relevant in yoghurt,cheese,sour cream and
other cultured dairy products by conferring beneficial rheo-
logical and functional properties as natural thickening
agents, giving the product a suitable viscosity and reducing
syneresis (Ruas-Madiedo&delosReyes-Gavilán,2005; De
Vuyst &Degeest,1999). EPShavebeenfoundtoenhance