Autoclaved non-germinated and germi

Autoclaved non-germinated and germinated barley based food mixture slurries were inoculated with 5% inoculum of L. acidophilus curd at a level of 106 cells per ml and fermented at 37 °C for 12 h. At the end of fermentation period, the cell count increased in the fermented barley based food mixture slurries containing probiotic curd (Table 1). The growth of L. acidophilus in fermented food mixture formulated from germinated barley flour was found to be significantly higher (8.88 log cfu/g) as compared to the non-germinated food mixture (7.75 log cfu/g).