JOURNEY OF YOGHURT

HISTORICAL YOGHURT ON ITS JOURNEY

HISTORY AND PROCESSING OF YOGHURT 

YOGURT, the backbone of probiotics comes from the Turkish name 'JUGURT'. People are consuming yoghurt for centuries and its benefits are unbelievable. Its taste and health benefits are more than enough to mesmerize you! Yoghurt is mainly a fermented product made out of milk and used as probiotics for the past several years.

 PROCESSING: yoghurt is processed from pasteurized milk to avoid unnecessary unwanted microbial growth. The fermentation is done by some starter cultures that turn lactose sugar into lactic acid. After fermentation of pasteurized milk, the product is stored in a cool place for getting ready.

 The main microbes used for curdling are Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus.

INDUSTRIAL INTEREST in yoghurt is high these days because of the increasing number of consumers.

YOGHURT AS PROBIOTICS 

PROBIOTICS are the good bacteria that are consumed for health benefits. Yoghurt is one of the greatest examples of probiotics because it has full of good bacterial content. 

HEALTH BENEFITS AND SCIENCE BEHIND: Yoghurt helps reducing stomach pathogens by attaching to stomach cells faster than those, thus increasing stomach health.

Boosts bone strength because of having calcium and potassium within.

Reduces body fat and thus cardiac arrest and type II diabetes.

Activates macrophages that lastly improve the immune system.

Yoghurt is highly active against skin pathogens and thus reducing skin inflammations.

Wonders for lactose intolerant people as it contains lactic acid in the place of lactose sugar.

Effective for hair care because having proteins and also bacterial enzymes within it help reducing dandruff.

Yoghurt also reduces blood pressure and mental health issues.

YOGHURTS UNDOUBTEDLY ARE 'DO GOODER'

Yoghurt contains several vitamins like vitamin A, Riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin D etc.

It also contains proteins and other micronutrients like zinc, potassium, magnesium and phosphorous.

All these are essential to keep human healthy and keep protected from nutrient deficiency.

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By POULAMI DAS 

Department of Microbiology, Calcutta University

June 2021