Production and evaluation of some physicochemical parameters of peanut milk yoghurt

The peanut milk for yoghurt production was prepared by fortifying peanut milk (∼12 g/100 g total solids) with 4 g/100 g skimmed milk powder. The final product was subjected to physicochemical analysis using cow milk yoghurt (CMY) as a control throughout the study. Peanut milk yoghurt (PMY) had higher protein content, fat, water holding capacity and lower susceptibility to Syneresis than CMY. PMY had lower lactose level (1.73 g/100 ml) compared to CMY (4.93 g/100 ml). Generally both PMY and CMY had high mineral composition and contained high amounts of essential amino acids. PMY also contained a higher proportion of unsaturated fatty acids than saturated fatty acids as compared to CMY. Therefore, in terms of fatty acid composition, PMY could be considered to be more health promoting than CMY. Sensory evaluation revealed that though PMY had better sensory texture scores than CMY, its sensory appearance, flavor and overall acceptability scores were lower than those of CMY.