Use of Extracts of Some Date Palm Varieties in the Manufacture of Probiotic Acidophills Milk

Abstract

The study included the production of fermented milk yielding products of 12%, replaced with water extract for three types of Iraqi dates, Al-Zehadi, Al-Khestawi and Al-Khedrawi by percent (5, 10, 15 and 20%) by use of lactobacillus acidophilus with 5% Which is available locally for its high nutritional and therapeutic value and its role as a (prebiotic) catalyst to stimulate the growth of (Probiotics) and its introduction in the production of fermented therapeutic products. The study aimed to using the water extract of dates in the bio- Sensory and nutritional. The results showed the contribution of the water extract of the Khedrawi 15% by encouraging the growth of the biocompatible bacteria with the highest rates in the acidophilic milk product, with the logarithm of live preparation 11.65. And the preference in sensory evaluation compared to other treatments or extracts of the dates of the Al-Zehad and Al-Khestawi