. 2023 Aug 7;15(15):3490. doi: 10.3390/nu15153490

Table 1.

Total sugar, reducing sugar, and lactose contents of yogurt added with Bifidobacterium longum and lactase.

B. longum Concentration (%)	Fermentation Time (h)	Total Sugar (mg/mL)	Reducing Sugar (mg/mL)	Lactose (%)
Control	0	79.42 ± 0.65 ^{a (1) (2)}	44.33 ± 0.25 ^a	4.65 ± 0.02 ^a
	2	79.16 ± 0.24 ^a	52.13 ± 0.84 ^a	1.37 ± 0.05 ^b
	4	78.63 ± 0.81 ^a	53.89 ± 1.69 ^a	0.42 ± 0.00 ^c
	6	76.02 ± 0.37 ^a	52.12 ± 0.18 ^a	0.36 ± 0.00 ^d
	8	73.98 ± 0.31 ^a	50.63 ± 0.09 ^a	0.29 ± 0.01 ^c
0.001	0	79.54 ± 0.22 ^a	44.67 ± 1.55 ^a	4.62 ± 0.01 ^a
	2	79.10 ± 0.38 ^a	51.41 ± 0.12 ^ab	1.46 ± 0.05 ^ab
	4	78.08 ± 0.05 ^a	52.10 ± 0.37 ^ab	0.56 ± 0.00 ^b
	6	74.81 ± 0.45 ^b	50.43 ± 0.10 ^b	0.48 ± 0.01 ^c
	8	72.61 ± 0.48 ^b	48.93 ± 0.17 ^b	0.39 ± 0.01 ^b
0.00125	0	79.17 ± 0.42 ^a	44.49 ± 1.21 ^a	4.59 ± 0.01 ^a
	2	78.97 ± 0.06 ^a	49.93 ± 0.79 ^bc	1.50 ± 0.07 ^a
	4	77.48 ± 1.08 ^a	51.44 ± 1.07 ^b	0.59 ± 0.04 ^b
	6	73.11 ± 0.65 ^c	50.12 ± 0.47 ^b	0.52 ± 0.02 ^b
	8	71.40 ± 0.29 ^c	47.95 ± 0.70 ^bc	0.44 ± 0.02 ^a
0.0015	0	79.42 ± 1.25 ^a	44.12 ± 0.05 ^a	4.62 ± 0.17 ^a
	2	78.50 ± 1.25 ^a	48.54 ± 1.65 ^c	1.52 ± 0.01 ^a
	4	76.14 ± 0.27 ^b	50.19 ± 0.36 ^b	0.62 ± 0.02 ^a
	6	71.67 ± 0.11 ^d	48.38 ± 0.89 ^c	0.55 ± 0.02 ^a
	8	69.91 ± 0.70 ^d	46.97 ± 0.79 ^c	0.47 ± 0.01 ^a

(1) Values are Mean ± SD (n = 3). (2) Different small letters (a–d) in the same column indicate a significant difference by Duncan’s range test (p < 0.05).