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BLENDING YOGHURT This Fact Sheet has been prepared to provide food safety information to businesses that buy in pre-made yoghurt and blend it with ingredients such as fruit for retail sale for immediate consumption.
Introduction
Yoghurt has a good reputation for safety in Australia The reason for this is t!o"fold #irst$ and %ore i%portantly$ the la&ti& a&id 'a&teria that turn %il( into yoghurt in&rease the a&idity of the yoghurt to the point that organis%s that &ause food 'orne illness do not gro! and in fa&t$ o)er ti%e$ %ay die off *e&ond$ the lo! te%perature at !hi&h yoghurt is stored slo!s the gro!th of 'a&teria$ in&luding those that &ould &ause illness$ if there is a pro'le% !ith the a&idity +ith sale for i%%ediate &onsu%ption there should 'e no %argin for te%perature a'use 'y the &onsu%er$ !hi&h further adds to the inherent safety of the produ&t Nonetheless so%e &onsu%ers !ill ta(e the produ&t ho%e for later &onsu%ption and it is prudent to ta(e this 'eha)iour into a&&ount
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BLENDING YOGHURT
Adding Fruits to Yoghurt
Adding fruit pulp or pie&es to yoghurt has the potential to add %i&ro"organis%s that &ould &ause illness or spoil the yoghurt$ espe&ially through the addition of %oulds 5o%%er&ially %ost fruit for 'lending !ith yoghurt is supplied in pasteurised sealed 'ags and should 'e free of dangerous 'a&teria and %oulds Typi&ally$ pa&(s should &o%e !ith a &ertifi&ate of analysis to &onfir% the a'sen&e of &olifor% 'a&teria and %oulds #ortunately too %ost fruits are a&idi& !ith a pH of - 3 or less so their addition should not affe&t the safety of the produ&t ?elons and gua)a ho!e)er %ay ha)e a pH a'o)e - 3 and theoreti&ally &ould in&rease the pH of the yoghurt@fruit 'lend or result in lo! a&id Apat&hesB in the yoghurt !hi&h &ould support the gro!th of dangerous 'a&teria$ should any find their !ay into the 'lended yoghurt A&&ordingly %elon and gua)a fruits %ay need to 'e a&idified 'y the %anufa&turer 'efore pasteurising and pa&(ing to ensure their safety
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