Suitability of Camel Milk for Making Yogurt
Yogurt was produced using camel milk (CAM).
Stabilizers (CMC, pectin, gum acacia, or alginate) were
added at 0.6% to improve the texture and acceptability of
CAM yogurt. The pH (4.59-4.63) and titratable acidity
(0.71-0.87 %) of the CAM yogurt product were different
from cow milk control yogurt. CAM yogurt contained 10.6
mg/mL of lactic acid based on HPLC. The separated whey
(33.5%) of CAM yogurt with alginate was higher than for
control cow milk yogurt (23.8%), indicating a weaker
water holding capacity. Stabilizers did not improve the
consistency and coagulum of CAM yogurt, compared with
bovine milk yogurt