In the past three decades, the physicochemical properties of
yoghurts have been extensively studied It has been shown that EPS
and capsular polysaccharides (CPS), primarily synthesised in situ by
lactic acid bacteria (LAB), play an important role in contributing to
textural attributes such as thickness and creaminess in low fat
stirred yoghurts The textural properties are, in turn, affected by the chemical
composition and structural characteristics of the EPS/CPS It has been proposed that, rather than EPS concentration