Na. Gutierrez et al., PRODUCTION OF DIACETYL FROM WHEY PERMEATE USING LACTOCOCCUS-LACTIS SUBSP LACTIS, Journal of fermentation and bioengineering, 81(2), 1996, pp. 183-184
A lactic starter culture has been used to produce diacetyl and acetoin
from a substrate of whey permeate. When the substrate was supplemente
d with yeast extract at 5 g/l, diacetyl and acetoin concentrations of
26 mg/l and 440 mg/l, respectively, were achieved. Additional suppleme
ntation with Fe2+ or CU2+ failed to significantly increase these conce
ntrations, but the addition of citrate at 5 g/l increased the acetoin
concentration to 560 mg/l.