Sourdough production: fermentation strategies, microbial ecology, and use of non-flour ingredients

L De Vuyst, A Comasio… - Critical reviews in food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sourdough production is an ancient method to ferment flour from cereals for the
manufacturing of baked goods. This review deals with the state-of-the-art of current …

Microbial ecology and process technology of sourdough fermentation

L De Vuyst, S Van Kerrebroeck, F Leroy - Advances in applied microbiology, 2017 - Elsevier
From a microbiological perspective, sourdough is to be considered as a specific and
stressful ecosystem, harboring yeasts and lactic acid bacteria (LAB), that is used for the …

Environmental microbiota drives microbial succession and metabolic profiles during Chinese liquor fermentation

X Wang, H Du, Y Zhang, Y Xu - Applied and environmental …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many microorganisms in the environment participate in the fermentation process of Chinese
liquor. However, it is unknown to what extent the environmental microbiota influences …

A review of sourdough starters: Ecology, practices, and sensory quality with applications for baking and recommendations for future research

MD Calvert, AA Madden, LM Nichols, NM Haddad… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The practice of sourdough bread-making is an ancient science that involves the
development, maintenance, and use of a diverse and complex starter culture. The …

Diverse microbial composition of sourdoughs from different origins

A Comasio, M Verce, S Van Kerrebroeck… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Hundreds of sourdoughs have been investigated in the last decades. However, many
studies used a culture-dependent and/or culture-independent microbiological approach …

Bakery yeasts, a new model for studies in ecology and evolution

B Carbonetto, J Ramsayer, T Nidelet, J Legrand… - Yeast, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Yeasts have been involved in bread making since ancient times and have thus played an
important role in the history and nutrition of humans. Bakery‐associated yeasts have only …

Predominant yeasts in Chinese traditional sourdough and their influence on aroma formation in Chinese steamed bread

T Liu, Y Li, FA Sadiq, H Yang, J Gu, L Yuan, YK Lee… - Food Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
A total of 105 yeast isolates was obtained from 15 sourdough samples collected from
different regions in China and subjected to random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) …

Microbial characterization of five Chinese traditional sourdoughs by high-throughput sequencing and their impact on the quality of potato steamed bread

Z Zhao, T Mu, H Sun - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
To improve the quality of potato steamed bread, the microbial diversity of 5 different
sourdoughs and their effects on potato steamed bread were studied. The proximate …

Considering sourdough from a biochemical, organoleptic, and nutritional perspective

A Fekri, S Abedinzadeh, M Torbati… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sourdough is made from water and cereals fermented by yeasts and lactobacilli which has a
long history in bread making. A feature of the fermentation process is the variability of the …

Identification and characterization of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts of PDO Tuscan bread sourdough by culture dependent and independent methods

M Palla, C Cristani, M Giovannetti… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sourdough fermentation has been increasingly used worldwide, in accordance with the
demand of consumers for tasty, natural and healthy food. The high diversity of lactic acid …