Abstract
Porang (Amorphophallus oncophyllus) is a local perennial plant rich in glucomannan. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of porang glucomannan addition during cheese processing on fatty acid profile, organic acid and vitamin B6 of goat milk cheese ripened with Lactobacillus rhamnosus. In addition, the effect of cheese consumption on short-chain fatty acid profile in the caecum digesta of inflammatory rats was evaluated. We found that the addition of glucomannan to the cheese during its ripening increased the levels of myristic, pentadecanoic acid, and cis-oleic acids. Rats consuming this cheese had elevated cecal levels of propionic, butyric, total short-chain fatty acids, and lactic acid bacteria. Consumption of synbiotic cheese also decreased the intestinal inflammation via increasing the total lactic acid bacteria, propionic, butyric, and total short-chain fatty acids.
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