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Fermented milk from Russia and other states that use the interstate GOST standards

Mechnikovskaya prostokvasha (Mechnikov sour milk)мечниковская простокваша

Mechnikov prostokvasha is a set sour milk made with thermophilic lactic streptococci and the Bulgarian lactic bacillus. Interstate standard GOST 31661-2012 defines it and sets its acidity at 80–110 °T, with an unbroken curd and no gas.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Mechnikovskaya prostokvasha itself.

Short entryFermented milk

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedIndustrial product with no fixed batch size. The standard sets the product and its ingredients, not the amounts.
Cow's milk and milk productsWhole or normalised milk; skim milk, cream and dried milk are allowed[gost31661]
Starter of thermophilic lactic streptococci and the Bulgarian bacillusThe starter the standard requires[gost31661]
Starterdefined culture of thermophilic lactic streptococci and the Bulgarian lactic bacillus
Start
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What changes: The milk is pasteurised and cooled to setting temperature

Step 1 of 3
Pasteurise and cool the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Bacillus

Output: pasteurised milk.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

heat kills the milk's own bacteria

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Mechnikov prostokvasha is a set sour milk made with thermophilic lactic streptococci and the Bulgarian lactic bacillus. Interstate standard GOST 31661-2012 defines it and sets its acidity at 80–110 °T, with an unbroken curd and no gas. Thermophilic lactic streptococci and Bulgarian lactic bacillus do most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Temperature2–6 °CSet[gost31661]Cool and release

What makes this one different

Ordinary prostokvasha is made with pure cultures of mesophilic sour streptococci. Mechnikov prostokvasha uses thermophilic streptococci and the Bulgarian bacillus (ru.wikipedia, GOST 31661-2012).

Related ferments

Variants

  • Obyknovennaya (ordinary) prostokvashaMesophilic lactic streptococci only.
  • Atsidofilnaya prostokvashaThermophilic streptococci plus Lactobacillus acidophilus.
  • Yuzhnaya (southern) prostokvashaThermophilic streptococci and the Bulgarian bacillus, with or without yeasts.

Safety

The standard requires heat treatment of the milk and release from the plant at 4 ± 2 °C.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

GOST 31661-2012 was prepared by the All-Russian Dairy Research Institute (VNIMI) and came into force in Russia on 1 July 2013.

  1. [gost31661] GOST 31661-2012, Mechnikovskaya prostokvasha. Technical conditions (interstate standard, in force in Russia from 1 July 2013)spec
  2. [wp-ru] ru.wikipedia, Простокваша (variant list only)wiki