The consumption of yoghurt has a long tradition in many countries, with its general acceptance as a healthy and nutritious food. Nowadays, production of yoghurt with elevated benefits on human health has become one of the major focuses in dairy industry, as current trends on the market are towards development of functional foodstuffs, especially fermented milk products.
Over the past years, yoghurt has been proved as an ideal food to be fortified with diverse functional ingredients, such as vitamins, probiotics, prebiotics .