Assessment of chemical composition, minerals and amino acid content of farmhoues concentrate in fermented milk (laban zeer)‎ manufactured in minia province

الملخص EN

Ten samples of laban zeer were collected from different locations of minia province, and analyzed for chemical composition, minerals and amino acids content.

results indicated that the average gross composition of laban zeer was: 25.98%, total solid, 4.30% fat, 12.81% total protein, 4.25%ash and 4.58% salt.

mineral composition also indicated that laban zeer is an excellent source of ca, mg.

zn and selenium and contained an appreciable amount of mn, cu and fe, while na content was very high.

laban zeer was found to be a rich in most of essential amino acid exclusive methionine.

it could be concluded that laban zeer is very nutritive fermented milk product with a wide range of composition which demonstrate the obvious need for criteria or standardization of manufacturing method.