For the producers of ayran, we offer ayran starter cultures from Chr. Hansen‘s, now Novonesis, that are intended for direct inoculation (DVS®). When compared to the bulk starter, the use of DVS cultures has some main advantages:
- Convenience and cost reduction – no need to prepare a bulk starter in the plant. The culture can be used directly from the freezer, so production planning is much more flexible.
- Security – lack of bulk starter means less risk of phage infection, which could lead to a delay in fermentation, low quality, and/or scrapped products.
- Consistent action, while in bulk starter, can lead to undesirable and uncontrollable changes in the ratio between strains; in DVS starter cultures, the ratio is controlled and constant.
- Flexibility – DVS cultures can be used in specific combinations in order to produce a variety of fermented milk products.
- New and interesting cultures – DVS allows the creation of cultures with specific ratios between the strains, which is reflected in a broad portfolio of DVS cultures.
Ayran starter cultures are available in both forms: frozen pellets and lyophilized (freeze-dried) granules.
